Life in General!

We are almost to one of my favorite holidays...Thanksgiving!  It is a time  to fellowship with friends and family.  It is a time to reflect on just what  the Lord has blessed us with.  I am so thankful for so many things.  As I  told you in one of my earlier posts, I am going to cheat and put all 30  things that I am thankful for in one post. Before I list them, I wanted to share a few scripture verses that I have  seen that have touched my heart. Psalm 103:1-4, 10-12 1Bless the  Lord , O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2  Bless the  Lord , O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3  Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 10  He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11  For as the...

  It is already the second week of November!  Time is flying by this year.  Before you know it, the Christmas decorations will be up and Walmart will start selling everything Christmas...oh, wait!  They had all that coming out before we even got to Halloween. LOL!  Not that I am complaining - I LOVE CHRISTMAS!  But, I think we need to take a little time to reflect on being Thankful.   On facebook I have some of my friends that are absolutely awesome at posting every day of November things for which they are thankful.  Since I am not that good, I always cheat.  I am going to do it again this year.  So, next week, I will post my "Thirty Things For Which I Am Grateful!"   This week, I want to remind you about God's will.  So often we pray and things don't happen in the way we want.  In the Bible Joseph of the Old Testament is a prime example of this.  I am most certain he did not want his brothers to be jealous of him,...