Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm starting early! If Christmas is celebrated over 12 days, then why can't Thanksgiving be stretched a little. Who's with me? "On the first day of Thanksgiving, I started with a salad..." It doesn't fit the tune as well, so let's make a new song for Thanksgiving.
Actually, we started Sunday night with an INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS Thanksgiving meal with our Small Group. Funny thing, every single member of our small group was in attendance...hmmm...thanks everyone for contributing to a great feast. From the pasta salad to the homemade mac & cheese, brocc casserole & pot roast to the chocolate surprise, it was terrific.
Thanks to everyone who registered a guess on Baby Sanderson's arrival. Bruce's guess of January 1st was not welcomed by my lovely wife. However, if Lincoln/Faith should put off his/her grand entrance 2.5 weeks, yes, Bruce will get the cash prize. DOUBT IT. We'll see...we are so excited to hold that little baby, we can hardly stand it! Thanks to Jessica M who helped us paint part of our scripture border in the nursery.
And wow, so many guesses that the baby will be FAITH! Cool! Our resident expert in predicting an unborn child's gender (Lisa, our children's minister) is putting her money on LINCOLN. We shall see...speaking of, President Lincoln was the president who first proclaimed a national holiday for Thanksgiving.
This Thanksgiving is special for many reasons...only our 2nd one as a married couple, and our last one pre-kids-outside-the-womb, our 1st one in Virginia far far away from family (sob), etc. Jaime & I both feel so blessed to have such loving friends & families (families of origin and spiritual families). We are also grateful for jobs that we enjoy, a home, two cars, and plenty of milk & Double-Stuff Peanut Butter Oreos (no, they're not as good as original Double-Stuff.) Of course, after the spiritual blessings we enjoy through Christ, our baby is the #1 thing on our "what I'm most thankful for..." list. Celebrating God's blessings this week will be fun to say the least.
From Psalm 69:30..."I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving."
Happy Feasting everyone.
The Magnificat
1 year ago
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Over on the Holy Inheritance blog there is an inspirational message enhancing the spiritual value of Thanksgiving.
Hey Mur! It's your long lost lil sis, Melissa Smith (now Melissa Guzman) from White Station/Harding Aca/ back in the day.... JSShack gave me your blog... love it! I am soo excited for you and Jamie and baby! We are living in Honduras now, serving as missionaries. This was our first thanksgiving away from our physical families, but I can't tell you how wonderful it was to hear of God's people praising Him and thanking Him all around our table(s) in Spanish and English! What a blessing! Just wanted to say hey! You can check our family blogsite @ melhonduras.blogspot.com
Get some rest these next few days! ha
Melissa
Murray-
Next time I am at church, which will probably be next Easter, I am going to sit down with you in your office and show you how to post links. This "Edit-Me" has to go.
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