Thursday, July 29, 2010

THANKFUL Thursday for SIMPLE PLEASURES

I had already planned to combine my Thankful Thursday post with a new meme hosted by Dayle @ A Collection of This and That. (her link is at the bottom of this post) Then, Lynn, who has hosted Thankful Thursdays for July, asked us to share a picture of something that inspires awe in our heart. How cool! I think this picture works well for both. It might not look simple, but I think it still fits the subject. Like Lynn, my family and I also appreciate all of God's creation so much! How awesome that God can make a beautiful waterfall in the middle of a small "mountain"! This picture is at a very special place for all of my family and me. I am thankful for the simple pleasure of God's beauty all around us. I am thankful for the simple pleasure of being a sponsor at a youth camp. I am thankful for the little ways God works in our lives daily, for the blessing overflowing, just as He promised!
Yesterday, I was looking for something very important that I needed to find to pass on to another teacher. I looked and looked, and couldn't find it. I sincerely prayed to God to help me find it, and I found it immediately!
I am thankful for friends and acquaintances and blogging buddies.
Of course, I am thankful for my family.
There is so much to be thankful for!


Psalm 106: 1
Hallelujah! Thank you , Lord! How good you are! Your love for us continues on forever. Who can ever list the glorious miracles of God? Who can ever praise him half enough?


What are you thankful for today? Join us in sharing our thankfulness this week by visiting and linking up with our hostess for the month of July-Lynn at "Spiritually Unequal Marriage" and our host, Greg at Greg's General Store and Dayle @ A Collection of This and That. Go here http://alittleofthisandthat2.blogspot.com/2010/07/simple-pleasures-reading.html to link up with her.
You'll be glad you did!
It will bless your day to stop and be thankful for all of those simple pleasures in your life!

13 comments:

  1. Waterfalls are among my favorite things of beauty. Lovely photo.

    Blessings,
    Patti (Fill My Cup with Beauty)

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  2. Wow, that waterfall looks quite full! I love places like this too!

    For some reaon open id is note working today! My simple post is on my regular blog here:

    http://nannykim-nannykim.blogspot.com/

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  3. Sandy! I love how you joined these together! I am going to do this next week! I participated in Dayles for the first time this week :) Isn't that such a neat meme! I love it !! I just love this bloggy world and how the Lord joins us together to bring HIM glory in sooo many ways!!

    So glad you are feeling better! Have a blessed day today!

    Love you

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  4. Live this new meme, will definitely be joining in soon!! The picture is awesome, our God us amazing!!

    Love and blessings to you my friend!!

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  5. I loved how you stopped and prayed for God to help you find what you couldn't...then you DID!
    I liked the Simple pleasures posts as well!
    Happy TT.
    Julie

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  6. Sandy, thanks for linking up to Simple Pleasures today. That photograph evokes such awe and calm, all at once.

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  7. thanks for the heads up about Daryl's blog. I've hooked up with Gregs. Love you thankful list..

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  8. Ever since I was a little girl, I have been in love with waterfalls. They can be large or small; it doesn't matter. I just love them. Your picture is stunning to me. I'm thankful that I came here. It gave ME simple pleasure this morning.

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  9. Awesome!!! Shared your site with some of our ladies last night, Sandy.

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  10. HI Sandy,

    What an absolutely beautiful waterfall. It makes me want to just ump in. I am in awe of this photo and I bet if I were there in person and I would just fall to my knees in worship.

    Awesome.

    Thank you and happy TT my friend, Lynn

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  11. I had something similar... I had totally looked throughout the entire car for a missing piece to our GPS. The thought finally occurred to me to pray! I said, "Lord, if I find this... it will be completely because of you." Two seconds later, I found it.

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