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30 Days of Giving Thanks! Day 11

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November 11: I’m thankful for my parents.  They recently celebrated 41 years of marriage.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12  Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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30 Days of Giving Thanks! Day 9 and 10

November 9: I’m thankful for forgiveness. It’s anger’s worst enemy. It flies in the face of all my pride, while it moves away the mad and crazy that’s inside. The prisoner that it really frees is me.

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November 10: I’m thankful for library books. I love to read, and I love free things.  It is a match made in Heaven!

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30 Days of Giving Thanks! Day 6 -8

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November 6: I’m thankful for Jesus. His blood has washed away my sin. His love, grace, mercy, and kindness knows no end. I don’t deserve it!

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November 7: I’m thankful for shelter.  When my daughter saw that I was writing down all the things that I am thankful for, she asked me if I’m thankful for my shelter.  I am thankful for shelter. My home is a place of warmth, security, safety, and comfort.

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November 8: I’m thankful for spell check.  I’m not even kidding!  I’m such a terrible speller that I really don’t know where I would be without it! If not for spell check, you all would be having a good laugh at my post, or possibly a hard time trying to figure out what I was trying to spell. 😂

What about you?  What are you thankful for?  I’d love for you to share in the comments.

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30 Days of Giving Thanks! Day 5

November 5: I’m thankful for the opportunity to give to others.Operation Christmas Child | lookingjoligood.blog

We had the awesome opportunity at my children’s school to pack boxes for Operation Christmas Child.🎁 Once finished packing up all the boxes, my daughter said “It’s so great to get to give to others and be a blessing” 😍

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I especially loved watching all the people filling their boxes and then praying for the child that is going to receive the box. ❤️  This year our school filled 200+ boxes! That was 100 more than we did last year! 🎄

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James 1:17 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

If you are interested in sending a box to a child you can read more about it at the Samaritans Purse website.

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30 Days of Giving Thanks! Day 3 and 4

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November 3: I’m thankful for my son who is kind, determined, sensitive, tenderhearted, handsome, and funny (…not always on purpose.)

November 4: I’m thankful for my daughter. She is so funny (always on purpose.)! She brings so much joy and laughter into our family. She is so incredibly intelligent. She constantly surprises me with her quick wit and keen observations.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 – In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

 

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30 Days of Giving Thanks! Day 1 and 2

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I’m so grateful for all the ways I have been blessed in my life.  For the next 30 days during November, I’m going to be focusing on what I am thankful for. (I’m a few days late, so I’ll be doubling up the next few days.)

November 1: I’m thankful for an extremely wise and wonderfully patient husband that puts up with all my CrAzY (and that’s a lot to put up with.)

November 2: I’m thankful for my super sweet loyal little dog that is always exceptionally happy to see me and never far from my side. 🐼

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Do You Like You?

I have posted this before, but I love it so much that I just wanted to share it again.  This song has such a good message behind it.  You don’t have to try so hard to make everyone else like you.  All that matters is if when you are alone with yourself do you like who you are.  Make your own decisions for yourself!

Try by Colbie Caillat

Put your make-up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?

Get your sexy on
Don’t be shy, girl
Take it off
This is what you want, to belong, so they like you
Do you like you?

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try
You don’t have to try

Mm, mm

Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards
You don’t have to choose, buy it all, so they like you
Do they like you?

Wait a second,
Why, should you care, what they think of you
When you’re all alone, by yourself, do you like you?
Do you like you?

When you’re all alone, by yourself, do you like you?

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try
You don’t have to try

Mm, mm

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try
You don’t have to try

Take your make-up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror, at yourself
Don’t you like you?
‘Cause I like you

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Responding to Closed Doors

This devotional from In Touch is too good not to share! Waiting on God after praying and praying and getting an answer of “yes, but not yet.” is so tough! Waiting on God’s blessings in His time are always worth the wait.

Responding to Closed Doors

Genesis 16:1-16

God answers prayer in one of three ways: “yes,” “no,” or “yes, but not yet.” This last reply seems to be the most dreaded— sometimes even more than an outright “no.” However, patience is an important trait for the Christian, as Scripture stresses repeatedly in stories, psalms, and epistles.

Waiting on the Lord to unlock a door is always wiser than attempting to pry it open ourselves, even when the delay has been long. After God promised him descendants (Gen. 12:2), Abraham lived for 25 years with an answer of “not yet.” After that quarter-century, the answer finally became “yes.” But meanwhile, Abraham and Sarah came up with their own plan to get an heir—Sarah’s servant Hagar bore Ishmael. The couple may have convinced themselves they were “helping” God live up to His prophecy, but really they were disobeying. The consequences were disastrous. Bitterness and blame affected every member of the family (Gen. 16:4-6; Gen. 21:9-10). What’s more, Ishmael’s people lived in enmity with their neighbors, and that hostility persists in the Middle East today (Gen. 21:9-14; Gen. 25:18).

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Our patience gives God time to prepare the opportunity on the other side of a closed door. Even if we could force our way by manipulating circumstances, we would not be happy with what we find there. No one in Abraham’s camp was satisfied with the situation they created! We can have contentment and joy only when we access the Lord’s will at the very moment He ordained. The blessings we find on the other side of an open door are always worth the wait.

https://www.intouch.org/read/magazine/daily-devotions

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I Love To Blog, BUT…

I love to blog and I love interacting with all of you, my blogging friends, but I love my kids more…

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Don’t worry, I’m not giving up blogging, or even taking an extended break!

It is just that during the summer, while my kids are on break from school, I won’t have as much time to write and work on posts.  My kids are, and will always be my first priority!

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That being said, posts that take me less time to write, such as “No Gym No Problem!” and “Tip Tuesdays”,  and previously scheduled “Ditch The Diet” posts will continue to be posted, while posts that take longer to write such as product reviews and “Weekly Product Highlights” might be less frequent.

I will still be trying out all kinds of products, using samples, and will be making notes about my thoughts on them, but I just may have to postpone the actual review posts until the fall.

Stay tuned for a new fashion tips and tricks series that I have been working on coming sometime soon! (… well, maybe not so soon ;-))

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Thanks for understanding!

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Happy Mother’s Day!

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I am so thankful to have been blessed with two wonderful loving healthy children.  I have also been blessed with a wonderful loving and healthy mother!

I never knew just how much I was loved by my mom until I became a mother myself!  Being a mother is the best and most important job in the world.  It is also the hardest and most rewarding thing I have ever done.

I appreciate all that my mom has done for me throughout my life.  Happy Mother’s Day, I love you, Mom!

Happy Mother’s day to all you moms and if you are not a mom make sure you call your mother to tell her that you love and appreciate her!

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