TGIF

What are you thankful for today?





Here are four from me, then maybe Georgia Lou can think of a couple:


1. That nightmare I had last night was not real.


2. My kids arrived safely in Doha.


3. So many people are helping get the word out about Ebenezer.



4. Our peaceful trip across the Sea of Galilee, which I know is really just a lake. (See photo upper right)

From mother:


1. Marty got an e-mail from her publisher.


(She's probably thinking now I'll get off my bottom and get busy)


2. Southern New Mexico has lots of rain.





The following story isn't directly about Thanksgiving, but it's a fun one for the weekend, hope you enjoy it.





OUR THANKSGIVING MAYPOLE
(This, by the way, is one of the stories in my book, and Mother just informed me I shouldn't put too many--so enjoy)

Smile and give others your sunshine,
Smile as you meet with the throng,
Smile and the world will smile with you,
Greet you with gladness and song.
Smile, B.B. McKinney, 1924


I lay on the cold tile, holding my head up slightly with my hands clenched together behind my neck while David circled around me.
Our new sun porch was gorgeous, but in the middle of the room was an unsightly metal post helping to hold up the house. We didn’t notice it when it was considered outside. But now we needed to camouflage it before Thanksgiving. David decided to wrap it with rope to give the room a nautical look.
We marched to the hardware store with a cross-section of friends. Everyone had a say in the color, texture and thickness of the cord we’d use to cover the pole.
Where did the friends go? My job was to tighten the cord as David wrapped it around. He went a few rungs. I moved in to tighten the job. For several hours, he wrapped, I tightened.
During one of our breaks, David commented, “I wish this pole weren’t here, but it is.”
I wish my front teeth didn’t stick out when I smile, but they do. I wish my nice dark brown hair hadn’t turned gray, but it did. I wish my thin figure weren’t gone, but it is.
My mother recently broke her dental bridge, making her toothless in front until the dentist could fit her in. We were out of town when it happened.
“Tell David all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.”
It didn’t bother her to go to church this way. She laughed before anyone had a chance to simply smile politely. Then they felt comfortable to laugh with her. The pastor even called her “toothless,” to her delight.
Often God gives us important lessons to support our spiritual house. Maybe other times he gives us a good laugh so we won’t take ourselves too seriously.
We could have just slapped some paint on that cold gray pipe, but we didn’t.

A happy heart makes the face cheerful. Proverbs 15:13A

Now, let me hear from you. What are you thankful for? Remember, I get self-consciuos talking to myself.

By the way, if anyone has friends, relatives (or enemies) in the New England states, let me know. I need all those states except Maine and Delarawe. I'm trying to get a contact in every state.





Have a good weekend.