Starting the Thanksgiving day with a great poem on Thanksgiving by my blogging Sister in Christ Susan Irene Fox
By Susan Irene Fox from Church Set Free
When the world seems to be shrouded in chaos,
When a hurdle on the road in my privileged life
Seems too much to bear,
When my emotions threaten to crush me,
I take a breath
And turn to Him
The One who took me in His arms
And forgave everything,
Who gifted mercy when I didn’t deserve it,
Who flooded me in grace when I did nothing to earn it,
Who, even today, loves me with a love so high,
So deep, and so wide I will never understand it.
Sometimes I feel it, cloak myself in it, abide in it.
So I give thanks,
Not just today
But every day
To Him who changed my mind,
To Him who changed my heart,
To Him who transformed my life
Because His love is in my bones,
In my thoughts, in my words, in my feet, in my hands.
I am His daughter, never again alone,
And when I allow His Spirit to lead me,
To work in me, to remind me
Of the words of Jesus,
My heart is full of His love,
My eyes are full of His tears,
And the chaos and the hurdles
And the crushing burdens
Which threaten to destroy me
Seem to float, seem to lighten
As He lifts them and takes them on
And replaces them with
His lighter burden,
The only one He asks me to carry.
To love. And show others His.
Truth in Palmyra 
November 26, 2015 at 07:40
This quote I came across on MSN really spoke to me:
“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”
I believe more than ever our spiritual eyes are being unveiled to the absolute wisdom of God’s Words. That when He tells us to do a thing, it’s not for His benefit- He needs nothing from us- it’s for ours. That the Words aren’t just given to us to make us ‘feel good’ but to lead us into an abundance of life.
My friend CB says it this way: drug dealers have an abundant life, but none of them have life in abundance.
Through Christ, we all have access to life in abundance, ‘cos as I like to say, He’s an abundant God.
Happy Thanksgiving & Thanks for sharing His Word.
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November 26, 2015 at 08:51
Friend, you packed a lot of meaning in those few words. You made me think of Philippians 4:19 “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Now, I really like the way the KJV renders that. Seems according to His riches carries much more meaning than some translations which say out of His riches. Out of seems to imply His riches would diminish, but according too…..I just like that.
“I believe more than ever our spiritual eyes are being unveiled to the absolute wisdom of God’s Words.” In this day and age, who can claim ignorance of the Gospel? Not many, even on the outer edges of the planet. Billions of smart phones…God’s Word is everywhere. Leaving us without excuse.
Hope your Thanksgiving is a great one too!
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November 26, 2015 at 09:03
You’re absolutely right. There’s a ‘world of difference’ between “according to” and “out of”… and thank God it’s according to His riches.
Reminds me of the many preachers who like to say the streets of heaven are “paved” with gold. Na_ah.
They’re made of solid gold.
Now that is an extravagant and abundant God!
Yep… we’re all without excuse.
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November 27, 2015 at 01:05
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving.
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November 27, 2015 at 04:31
It was nice Brother Jim, and I hope yours was too! Did I see you say you are speaking at a retreat this weekend?
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November 27, 2015 at 10:08
Yes! I’m guest speaking at another church this weekend…
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November 27, 2015 at 10:14
Tell em the Word!
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