Pumpkin Cheese Cake & Chocolate Pie are all ready for tomorrow. My Fred has the turkey baked already, so there's less work for tomorrow. I'll do candied sweet potatoes and he will do angel eggs, stuffing & corn tomorrow. Remember he's the cook ... I do the baking and it works out well.

May your Thanksgiving be blessed in every sense of the word...love to you all.

Be mindful ... those words came to me during quiet time with the Lord this morning. But what do they mean?

After sitting quietly and looking up verses in the Bible what I got from this was that...

#1. I'm to be mindful (remember) all that God has done for us

#2. Be mindful (remember) all that He has promised to do

#3. Be mindful (remember) that He keeps His word and He is completely trustworthy

#4. Be mindful (remember) that He does all for our good and in accordance with His Father's will

It takes some work on my part to do this. It takes an act of my will to remember all that God has done; all He has promised to do; that He keeps His word and is completely trustworthy and finally, that He does all for our good and in accordance with His Father's will.

I must do this! I must be mindful and remember! Pressures from the world creep in and would leave us battered and low were it not for remembering Who redeemed us ...Who cares for us ... Who guides our steps and directs our paths according to His Word ... Who cradles us in the palm of His hand ... Who cares for us in ways we cannot fathom ... Who loves us with a love that we cannot duplicate in this world ...

Yes, I must do this and I must be mindful this day. I must also pray without ceasing...those words came to me yesterday morning and I cling to them as I cling to Him, the One to Whom I direct my prayers. I recently read that when it comes to prayer, 'children ask, adults talk' .... I want to be a child in this respect. I want to ask and trust and know that my Father hears and cares and will answer in such a way that all glory will be His.

May each one reading this be mindful this day .... may you also pray without ceasing and may you come into a deeper relationship with the One Who purchased your salvation.

Blessings.

Prayer need...

Another prayer request. Please pray for our son David. We thought he was improving after having bronchitis but learned this evening that he has pneumonia. He won't be able to work and that's going to be difficult for them financially. He's on a new job and is still on a probationary period. If you would ask God to give him favor with his employers I would deeply appreciate it.

Shawn & his daughters are getting better, thank the Lord.

Also, let's pray for Kelly and her family. All three of her children are sick.

Prayer need....

First, this praise report from Trish tonight:

"Praise report on my sister Pam. She finished Radiation a few months ago just had another Mammogram and the Dr. says there is NO cancer. Her prognosis is excellent!
Praise the Lord for his faithfulness."


Second, please pray for my Mom's friend Amon. He & his wife were in a car accident earlier today and his wife has died. Amon is a precious friend who would do just about anything to help anyone.


Thank you.

Please pray for these needs:


Bob Balint - He's just learned he has a cancerous tumor in his stomach. Surgery will most likely involve the removal of about half his stomach.


Barb Byrd - Having dibilitating migraine headaches due to fibromyalgia


Danita - A lady who was admitted to the hospital Wed., Nov. 4 with suspected cancer

I've been reading in the book of Matthew again this week, especially our Lord's Sermon on the Mount. It has repeatedly spoken to my heart about how I'm to be living as a follower of the One who has known me from before the world existed.

Think about that ... He has known us from before time, as we know it, began. He chose us to be His, long before we could say yes to His call. And He put within us the desire to say 'yes'. All glory is His.

How blessed we are if we know Christ as Savior and Lord. How do we properly thank Him? For me the answer is to walk as closely as I can to Him each day. To keep clean hands and a pure heart. To remember what He's teaching me in His Word by re-reading it; writing it down and reminding myself of it often through-out the day.

I'm not to meddle in things that don't concern me ... they sap my strength and dim the light He has put within me. I'm to keep my mind stayed on Him because when I do, He will keep me in perfect peace, because I trust in Him. I'm to present my body a living sacrifice which is my reasonable act of worship. I'm to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. I'm to cast down vain imaginations and every thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. I'm not to be conformed to this world.

Too often I get too busy and yet I must make time to remember and remind myself of all these things and more of what is in God's precious Word. He is the keeper of my soul and I need to remember that truth when things get difficult.

May the Lord bless each of you who read this. May needs be met and desires of the heart granted. May we learn together that He is our greatest need and that with Him we can face all our tomorrow's.

Blessings to each of you.

If Jesus Came to Your House

If Jesus came to your house to spend a day or two
If He came unexpectedly, I wonder what you'd do

Oh, I know you'd give your nicest room to such an honored Guest
And all the food you'd serve to Him would be the very best,

And you'd keep assuring Him you're glad to have Him there-
That serving Him in your home is joy beyond compare

But when you saw Him coming would you meet Him at the door
With arms outstretched in welcome to your Heavenly Visitor?

Or would you have to change your clothes before you let Him in
Or hide some magazines and put the Bibles where they'd been?

Would you turn off the radio and hope He hadn't heard
And wish you hadn't uttered that last, loud, hasty word?

Would you hide your worldly music And put some hymn books out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in, or would you rush about?

And I wonder - if the Saviour spent a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing the things you always do?

Would you keep right on saying the things you always say?
Would life for you continue as it does from day to day?

Would your family conversation keep up it's usual pace,
And would you find it hard each meal to say a table grace?

Would you sing the words you sing and read the books you read
And let Him know the things on which your mind and spirit feed?

Would you take Jesus with you everywhere you'd planned to go?
Or would you maybe change your plans for just a day or so?

Would you be glad to have Him meet your very closest friends,
Or would you hope they'd stay away until His visit ends?

Would you be glad to have Him stay forever on and on,
Or would you sigh with great relief when He at last was gone?

It might be interesting to know the things that you would do
If Jesus Christ in person came to spend some time with you.

Author Unknown