Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving. In doing my morning email/website rounds I cam across a lot of good posts on Thanksgiving and particularly on thanking God. I thought I'd direct you to them.

I get these devotionals every morning and one encouraged you that the more you thank God for the little things the more your faith grows. Here's an excerpt:

Learning to be thankful -- even when we cannot see, hear or understand what He is doing or how He is working - is authentic thanksgiving and the direct result of a living, active and personal faith in God. We often say that we need more faith in order to be more thankful. I don't think so! We operate in faith every single day. We flip a switch believing in faith that light will appear. We turn a key believing in faith that a car will start. We even go to a doctor we hardly know who scribbles an impossible to read prescription which we promptly take to a pharmacist we have never seen. This unknown druggist proceeds to fill the prescription, giving us a medicine we cannot pronounce. And we take it -- all in blind faith! Amazing!



I believe that instead of pleading for more faith, we need to exercise the faith we already possess. As we continually step out in faith, not only will that faith grow stronger, but we will begin to trust God more, naturally developing an attitude of thanks. Faith does not believe that God can or will act. Faith believes that God is answering as we pray. And that truth, my friend, will send us to our knees in praise and thanksgiving.

Then I came over and read pretty much the same thoughts on this sister's website. So good. Pray that I learn to give more thanks. Particularly, when it seems things are not going well. Happy Thanksgiving!

3rd Sunday

today was 3rd sunday which means young people's service. we basically carry the whole day (morning and evening services). it was really good. in sunday school we were talking about heresy. liz brought out a good point that we as saints have to be careful of falling into heresy when we express ourselves. be careful of always having a negative thought or not agreeing with things that are said and done. you're opening yourself to moving farther from the standard and word. i'd never thought of it like that. but i was immediately like, lord help me. im one that doesn't mind expressing myself. but i know that sometimes you have to just say, "it doesnt matter what i think!" so, yeah. then we got to talking about different sects and their take on food. which made me realize that i need to start eating better. i'll probably never become a full-fledged vegetarian. but i would like to start having a more vegetarian lifestyle. ;) i dont know if that makes sense. i made it up while sitting here. but yeah, i need to take better care of myself .

ok, so the rest of the day was great. tiring, but good. the yp2 (young people's choir) sang for both services and God really blessed. the exhortations were both a blessing too.

im so excited about thanksgiving. im heading back home, of course! im taking the train which i've never done. we'll see how that goes. i hope i like it. most people have told me its pretty good. i didnt want to buy a plane ticket this year since i'll be headed back so soon for christmas. plus, it's just expensive for thanksgiving. and i definitely didnt want to drive. so, the train it is. it's about the same amount of hours. ok, im tired. ttyl!

oh, and i finally got a digital camera. so, hopefully you'll see some more pics here soon. :)

God Has Smiled on Me!

It's just the music...I love this song. He's been good to me!