Praying for Peace (on Tuesday, before Count it all JOY Wednesday and Thankful Thursday)

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for JOY and I will give THANKS to Him in song. ~Psalm 28:7


Last Wednesday night, I started a post, but didn't get to finish it. So this week, I am posting this on this quite Tuesday morning, before I get busy with my family for Thanksgiving.

The week before last, I shared my first 10 days of Thankfulness. Here are the remaining 15.

I am thankful for. . .
day 11: America, all service men and women and their families.
day 12: knowledge that I will see my dad and other loved ones in Heaven
day 13: weekends, quality time with family
day 14: personal relation with Jesus and all kinds of mission fields that He gives each of us.
day 15: friends. . .
day 16: communication
day 17: younger generations to love, guide, teach, mentor, disciple and learn from!
day 18: the Holy Spirit and fruit of the Spirit and Wisdom from God
day 19: again for God's guidance and direction in my life and His perfect plan for me.
day 20: our marriage
day 21: Christian brothers and sisters to worship, pray, grow and fellowship with and preachers and teachers of God's word.
day 22: work and rest; laughter and serious conversation; today's weather; beautiful leaves on the trees; being loved by others and deep love that I have for my family, friends, co-worker, students. . .
day 23: LOVE
day 24: safe travel--family coming together.
day 25: the overwhelming feeling of Gratitude to God!

What is filling you with JOY today? It is a true JOY to read other joyful posts, so go here to share in the JOY!!! Thank you, Angel!

Happy Thanksgiving to YOU and your family!

JOY

Today, it is filling me with JOY that we are in the month of Thanksgiving.

I am joyful and thankful for. . .


day 1: Christian Mom and Dad
day 2: that my Dad took the time to sit me in his lap and explain why I needed to pay attention in church and lead me to ask Jesus into my heart.
day 3: the BEST husband that God chose for me.
day 4: that God blessed us with 3 amazing, healthy children who have all grown to be caring, responsible adults.
day 5: God's Amazing Grace
day 6: my great "daugher in-love" to Josh and Mommy to my grandchildren.
day 7: my wonderful mother in-law and my precious grandchildren.
day 8: God's obvious direction in my life, opportunities from Him
day 9: my brothers, their wives, my husband's brother and sister, her husband, all of my nieces and nephews-FaMiLy. . ."Love each other deeply. . ."
day 10: sunrises, sunsets and the time inbetween, beginnings and finish lines and the journey inbetween My parents taught me to appreciate all of that!

What is filling you with JOY today? It is a true JOY to read other joyful posts, so go here to share in the JOY!!! Thank you, Angel!

Counting it all JOY Wednesday-"through all generations"

I will praise God's name in song and glorify Him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30
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. Psalm 100:4-5 Yea! It is Wednesday, my favorite blogging day! Like Loren said, just that we are in the month of November makes me focus so much more on thanksgiving, even though I do always try to have an attitude of gratitude and always love our Counting It All Joy Wednesdays.
I am counting it all Joy that even though last night I was so sick that I had to take off work today, I still don't feel great, but I am able to do some things here at home.
I am counting it all Joy that my husband does his and my son's laundry. I have been complaining that I can't get my done, because he's always doing a load.
Today, I'm getting my laundry done!
I am counting it all Joy that His love is continuing through all generations in my family.
I am counting it all Joy that we have these 2 precious grandchildren to love on.
What is filling you with JOY today?
It is a true JOY to read other joyful posts,so go here to share in the JOY!!! Thank you, Angel!

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalm 116:15

I am late writing my Count it All JOY post, but that's about all the blogging I do lately and it has been 3 weeks ago today since I did that and things have changed for me so much since then. Actually things changed the day after that post and it has helped me so much tonight to read my blogging friends Joyful posts, so. . .

here goes!

I went back and read Angel's post from that day 3 weeks ago about her sweet Aunt's passing and took the above scripture from her post. Several friends have given me that scripture in the last 2 weeks.

I am missing my Dad even more than I knew I would, but I am counting it all JOY

that he is in Heaven now.

that we are not watching him suffer any more.

that we have so many precious memories with my Dad.

that my children each learned so much from him.

that he was the one who led me to the Lord.

It is a true JOY to read other joyful posts,so go here to share in the JOY!!! Thank you, Angel!

The Simple Pleasure of Gratitude (Simple Pleasures; Thankful Thursday; What My Dad Taught Our Family)

This past week didn't turn out quite like I had hoped when I wrote my Counting It All Joy post last week. I am still "counting it all joy".

This is how it went. . .

After 1 night at the nursing home, my dad was taken back to the hospital because his oxygen level was too low for physical therapy.

After a day of being induced, my daughter in-law was sent home and told to return the next night to be admitted and induced the next day after that.

Jocyah Thomas David Hammock was born on Sunday, 10-10-10.

My dad's soul went to heaven Tuesday morning, 10-12-10.

This week, for Simple Pleasures and Thankful Thursday, my daughter says it best. . .

"One thing that really stands out about my Grandpa may sound simple, but has so much truth in it and has taught me so much. Almost every single time I have ever asked my grandpa how he was doing, he would smile and say, "I can't complain." And it's so true. He couldn't. He hardly ever complained, because he was so incredibly thankful with everything God had blessed him with, and it showed in his every day actions, in something as simple as saying, I can't complain". Life is not always going to be easy. Peter writes in his first letter in 4:12-13 "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it come upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed." Jesue tells us that we will endure hardships, but he gives a\us the strength to endure them and they result with him being glorified. My grandpa knew this. He was a man of such strong faith and a huge heart, and I will never forget the love he showed to me and others. By hearing my grandpa constantly say those three words, I realized that life is short. He was right. . .why complain? We really should never have anything to complaing about. And if we do, we should think about the many blessing we have that, by far, overpower those complaints. My grandpa lived a long, full life, but to me, it was till so short. I still wish I had just one more day to go on a walk with him and pick up his neighbors to put on their porches. I would like to have another opportunity to go on a boat ride with him. It would be awesome to watch anothe Arkansas game with him. But life is short, and son't always have the opportunities that we w ould like to have. Therefore, we really need to take advantage of the time we do have, be thankful for it, and not complain. That's what I learned from my grandpa."

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 October-Lynn at "Spiritually Unequal Marriage" and our host, Greg at Greg's General Store and Dayle @ A Collection of This and That for Simple Pleasures ~ Morning's Sun .

Why I Count it all JOY Wednesday-This Season/Sandwich Generation

When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me JOY. (Psalm 94:19)

A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.(Proverbs 16:9)

Today, I am counting it all JOY that my Dad is being moved from the hospital to a nursing home for 21 days of Physical Therapy. I pray this will help him.

I am counting it all JOY that on Friday, our first grandson (second grandchild) will be born. His name will be Jocyah. We are so excited!



It is a true JOY to read other joyful posts,so go here to share in the JOY!!! Thank you, Angel!

Why I Count it all JOY Wednesday-My Dad

Today, my Dad is still with us, but he is suffering so much, and crying out "Help!".

It hurts to see him hurt and not be able to help him much.

I count it all JOY that my Dad has a relationship with Jesus Christ!

I count it all JOY that even though a lot of what my Dad says these days does not make sense, he still talks about the importance of relationships with family and friends.

I count it all JOY that my Dad has been surrounded by people who love him.

I count it all JOY that I am blessed by such great co-workers who encourage me to be with my Dad during this time.


ReJOYce in the Lord ALWAYS. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Let your gentleness be evident to all.
The Lord is near.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4: 6-7

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12


It is a true JOY to read other joyful posts,so go here to share in the JOY!!! Thank you, Angel!