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Thankful Thursday ~ Encouragement

“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.”
~ Romans 15:4-7 (ESV)

What Sting My Heart is thankful for this week:

  • I am thankful that I can read God’s Word any time I feel the need for it. I have my Bible with me where ever I go. I have it on my desk all day at work. His Word gives me comfort and encouragement when I am down – especially when co-workers are mean to each other…

  • I am thankful that my Sweetheart always encourages me — what ever I would like to do, he supports me — he rocks!!!!

  • I am thankful that our son really, really likes his job. It encourages me to see that he has so much enthusiasm. He doesn’t even mind riding the bus every day. On Sundays I take him though, because the bus doesn’t run in our part of the valley. No big deal. It give me time to chat with him…

  • I am thankful that TNChick installed WP 2.1 for me (thank you TN – you rock too!!!). It encourages me to know that I have someone in Tennessee who helps me out when I am a wuss…

  • I am thankful for the book I am currently reading. Darlene has a way to encourage women to take themselves not so serious. There is only one thing that we should take serious – staying in the Word of God!!!! BTW – please check out the quote I picked for next week’s CWO “In Other Words” (should be up on Friday — but I will post it again on Sunday night here) — it is from “The Mom Complex“. Don’t forget – the February issue of CWO should be up by the time you are reading this…

By now you are probably wondering why I picked “Encouragement” for my issue of Thankful Thursday. It is time to introduce you to the “Encourager of the Month ~ January 2007″…

This month’s recipient is a wonderful woman from the East Coast…She is a kindred spirit. She always knows the right words to say. We email often. She willingly ‘jumps in’ for me at Laced with Grace. She is encouraging to me (and many others on-line), because she doesn’t hold back when she struggles. I like that. I am sure by now you know who it is — right? Of course… Sissy at “The Whippoorwill Chronicles“.

Sissy, thank you so much for encouraging me with your kind spirit. Thank you for listening to me when I have “one of those days”…I hope that you will except my little award.

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Please leave your link below, visit other participants when you have time and leave a comment…And I like your comments too 😉

Blessings on your day and as always…

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This week’s participants:

1. Jen
2. shortybear
3. Jen
4. Amy
5. Allison
6. Eileen
7. ampraisingHim
8. Debbie
9. Beckie
10. Terri @ In His Hands
11. Jennifer-Life is not a Cereal		 12. LaRae
13. Lynn Donovan
14. Mama Russell
15. Heather
16. Christine
17. LaVonne
18. Heather
19. tnchick
20. Kari
21. J. Fergie
22. Christine		 23. TaunaLen
24. Sarah
25. Sandy
26. Kathleen Marie
27. Erica
28. Janis
29. Liza’s Eyeview
30. Mariah
31. Sharon

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Thankful Thursday ~ Trust


In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.What can flesh do to me? ~ Psalm 56:4 (ESV)

  • I am thankful that I can trust my Lord to protect me throughout the day. This morning, even before my feet hit the floor, I was praying that He will see me through the day and will guide me to the end of my days here on earth. There is nothing more comforting to me…

  • I am thankful that I can trust a very dear friend with my thoughts. Thank you Carol for taking time to listen to me and making things a lot clearer to me. It was awesome talking to you in person…I pray we can do it again sometime…

  • I am thankful that I can trust my guys not to call the guys with the straight jackets when I make a mad dash to the backyard, because the lighting is just perfect to shot a picture for WW :grin:…

  • I am thankful that I can trust my car to get me to and from work every single day…

  • I am thankful that I can trust our son — he is becoming more and more the son I dreamed of having. Although he is 21, he is pretty cool — he calls me just to say hi :razz:…

What are you thankful for this week? Did you post about it? Leave your link below. If not, let me know in the comment section…

Blessings on your day and as always…

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1. Laurel Wreath
2. Heather
3. shortybear63
4. Amy – Knights Acre
5. Jen
6. on the Rock
7. ampraisingHim
8. Mariah
9. viamarie
10. Debbie		 11. In His Hands
12. Beckie
13. Eileen
14. Christine
15. Lynn Donovan
16. Mama Russell
17. Erica
18. Elisa
19. Susanne
20. Janis		 21. LaRae
22. Jennifer-Life in Not a Cereal
23. Laurie
24. Sandy
25. blessed
26. Lisa writes
27. chrixean
28. Rita

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Thankful Thursday ~ Unity

Before I share my “Thankful Thursday” with you, I would like to welcome you to the ‘new’ home of Thankful Thursdays. I would like to thank Chrixean for hosting Thankful Thursdays for the past year and Running2K for coming up with the idea. I have been writing my thankful posts for quite some time; I am thrilled to be your ‘hub’ for this weekly meme. There are no rules for it, except to look around you and give thanks – for even the smallest things in your life. The two other things I am asking you: please visit all the other ladies who leave their link here, and that you add the little graphic to the posts…Questions? Just let me know, okay? Oh, BTW – I always add some Scripture passages to my post, BUT that is not a requirement to participate — just something I like to do :smile:.

“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
~ Ephesians 4:1-3 (ESV)

  • I am thankful that God gave us His Spirit of unity. There is nothing more thrilling to me to ‘talk’ Christ with my sisters (brothers?) from around the blogsphere — no matter what our denomination.

  • I am thankful for the blog-team God has put together at Laced with Graced. I know that I have said it before, BUT through that group blog, God has shown me that we do not have to ‘belong’ to the same denomination, but that we have a common denominator — Christ! And that is awesome! BTW – I don’t even know which churches my sisters in Christ attend, but I know that they all love God and call Christ their Lord and Savior. And that is the most important part to me…So thank you CJ, Ellen, Heather, Laurel, Lynn, Sissy and Tracey – you are blessing my socks off.

  • I am thankful that I am allowed to host the Thankful Thursday ‘meme’ at Sting My Heart. It is wonderful that bloggers come together and share their thankfulness. And God added even some new players to the ‘game’. Check out the blogroll here.

  • I am thankful that Darlene created a new header button for Thankful Thursday

  • And I am thankful that Daniel took us out for dinner the last couple of Mondays. With his schedule and ours, unified dinners are rare in our family. It was great to sit together and talk about his dreams and goals. And I didn’t had to cook and my Sweetheart didn’t had to clean the dishes :grin:…

What are you thankful for today? Did you play — add your link…or leave a comment.

Blessings on your day and as always…

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1. TaunaLen
2. Erica
3. Amy – Knights Acre
4. viamarie
5. Beckie
6. Debbie
7. In His Hands		 8. Laurel Wreath
9. Maria in the UK
10. chrixean
11. Jennifer
12. Heather
13. SC Momma
14. Lynn Donovan		 15. Mama Russell
16. ampraisingHim
17. Laurie
18. Janis-Dandelion Momma
19. Elisa ~ The Laundry Alternative
20. Sandy

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New Thankful Thursday Hostess

Chrixean, our current/former hostess, just had a baby and is really busy with her business. She had asked me if I would be interested in hosting Thankful Thursday for the time being (or always – we are not sure yet)…I have prayed and thought about it for almost a week and I am thrilled to announce that I will be your new hostess.

I have checked the blogroll and it is outdated at this point. So, I have added Mr. Linky for you to let me know if you are interested in becoming a regular (doesn’t have to be weekly – but at least twice a month). I will be working on the blogroll this weekend and on getting maybe a new graphic for the weekly meme…

Blessings on your day and as always,

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1. Heather
2. Amy
3. chrixean		 4. viamarie
5. Laurel Wreath
6. ampraisingHim		 7. Rose DesRochers
8. In His Hands

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