Jack was star of the week a few weeks ago...so Noah and I took a special snack and he was so proud to show his baby brother off! He is such a good big brother...I am very thankful for that!
A shout out to my big boys who ran the Drumstick Dash 5k... their first 5K and they did AWESOME! So proud! Dylan finished in 26:50 and Mason 27:41 (had to stop and tie his shoe..or he would have been on his brothers heels!)
"Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations." Psalms 100: 3-5
1 Chronicles 16: 8 " Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done."
1 Chronicles 16: 34 "Give thanks to teh lord, for he is good; his love endures forever."
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your minds in christ Jesus."
So many verses to look at about being thankful! Giving God the glory and praise and thanking him for all that I have. What I have on this earth is not of my doing...realizing that God has placed people, circumstances, places, things, etc...in my life for a reason! I didn't get to this point in my life alone...only by God's grace and will am I here today! I want to be a Philippians 4:6 woman! I don't want to be anxious about anything, worry about anything, I want to take it all to God and let him help me deal with whatever circumstance, problem or anything in my life that I might be struggling or need help with. I need to turn EVERYTHING over to him before I give myself a moment to get excited or anxious about anything! I want my boys to learn to do this also! I want us to learn together to not be excited or upset about anything before we take it to our Father...who will help us through any storm we may encounter! This morning one song keeps going through my head "I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter his courts with praise. I will say THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HATH MADE...I WILL REJOICE FOR HE HAS MADE ME GLAD...he has made me glad, he has made me glad...I WILL REJOICE FOR HE HAS MADE ME GLAD."
So this week Mason has taught Noah to say "Thank you Jesus". It is probably one of the sweetest things I have ever seen! He looks up squints his eyes and says...what we can make out to be..."Thank you Jesus". If only I would look up, squint my eyes and say Thank you Jesus every day for the little things, big things, all the things that he does for me. So many times I go through the day without thanking him where thanks is due! I vow to do better! God has given me another day on this earth for a reason...I WILL MAKE THE MOST OF IT! I will further his kingdom, I will spread his word, I will be his light that shines, I will shout from the mountains that he is MY KING, I will stand on his Word, I will teach his way.
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