Give Thanks Unto The Lord For He Is Good!

It's been a while! Is anyone still out there?:) It's a lovely day out today! It's near peak here and the weather is cool and brisk. Apple cider and hot chocolate are welcome refreshments on these crisp afternoons. This afternoon a large buck was chased onto our property by a pack of hunting dogs. He broke through several fences, (causing the cows to go crazy!) and got himself caught in some wire, he was finally able to free himself and he bounded away into the neighboring woods. This week is a busy crunch week for us leading up to the butchering of our large flock of Thanksgiving Turkeys and then the huge Pick-up day this Saturday. The Lord has abundantly blessed and we are sold out of the turkeys. (We take reservations before hand) As we draw closer to the season where we pause and remember of our Pilgrim forefathers, and God's providence in the founding of our country, I reflect on God's Hand of faithfulness in our family and in my own walk. How great is our God and worthy to be praised!

Psalm 100

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

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"This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,
because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul;
therefore will I hope in Him.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him,
To the soul that seeketh Him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait
for the salvation of the Lord.
~Lamentations 3:21-26

This has been an amazing year of growth for our family, as a whole as well as the individual, which has been exciting to see. Now, I didn't say that growth was easy!:) But the refining, the drawing closer to the Lord, the heartaches, the happiness, the struggles, the joys and the tears alike have made this year one that I will remember and look back on with thankfulness to God for the work He is doing in our family. As this year draws to a close I am left with the feeling like unto nearing the end of a journal. A satisfied full feeling of contentment, while flipping through the pages that hold the year's story. I have not nearly finished all of the "goals" I set for myself for this year:) But God has brought about much higher and loftier things for me to accomplish then I ever imagined, some I had thought nearly impossible. But I am now all the more assured of this truth... "With man, it is impossible. But with God, all things are possible" Such joy and thankfulness wells up inside of me as I contemplate on His goodness, His amazing might, His perfect ways, His realness in my life. "Great and Marvelous are all Your works! Lord, God Almighty!"
Well, I hope you all have a blessed week and a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families! I will close with this hymn....

We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
Sing praises to His name: He forgets not his own.

Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine
So from the beginning the fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord, wast at our side, All glory be thine!

-Morgan