Happy Thanksgiving Day, Y'all!

At our last MOPS meeting we made "Give Thanks" jars to encourage a spirit of gratefulness in our homes and family. Jimmy and I have taken some time in the past two weeks to write down something each day that we are thankful for. Now our little "Give Thanks" jar is full of pieces of paper, each representing something for which we are thankful. Our slips of paper ran out long before our blessings did! We'll open and read them together tomorrow on Thanksgiving.

A simple, but neat activity to help us stop and really think about all that we have to thank God for. Sure our papers include things like family, the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, our daughter, etc... but this activity has also encouraged me to thank God for the not so obvious blessings, including the situations and even trials in our lives that give us the gift of dependency on the Father.

Phil 4:12- "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want."