Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Corporate Prayer



A Grandmother and Grandaughter follow
along as Jon reads scripture.
Isn't this sweet?
I just had to share it.

Edited to Add: I don't normally take pictures
during the service. However, this was last
week when Jon and Warren officially became Elders.
I was at the piano. This was the first time Jon
read after becoming "official". That was what I was
attempting to capture. When I saw the picture I thought
it was so sweet.


Our church is unique because
of its small size. However,
this allows for a prayer time
that is open for anyone to
pray out loud.

Occasionally this gets a little
long. When Chelsea was much
younger she told a
visiting Grandparent
that it was
"The Never-ending Prayer".

We chuckled so much at that.
She will come and give me dirty
looks when she reads this.

But, this is one thing I will
miss when we are too large to
continue this special habit.

It is such a blessing to have a
shower of prayer for that person
who has lost a job, or that
individual who will be having
surgery.

It is our intention to always offer
prayers of praise before we begin our
prayers of supplication.
Beautiful.

God already knows His wonderful attributes
and has no need to hear them from us...but
we need to be ever aware of His Goodness and
at the same time
our children are learning how to pray.
When Jesus taught us to pray
The Lord's Prayer He used that example.
An honoring and reverence of the One to
Whom we come with our wants and wishes.

The first time Jonathan prayed out loud
at church it brought many of us to tears.
He was a little "put out" that people
thanked him for his prayer...but it means
so much to see the next generation "take root".

So...until we are just too many in number we
will be sharing our prayers...

A lovely thing.

Have a gorgeous Sunday!

♥♥Becky K.♥♥

Monday, November 26, 2007

Pictures! We have Pictures!

Caution: This will not make much sense to you unless you have read the prior post, Conversations.

How to get Pictures on your Blog when your Computer server dies:

1. Bug your husband...
...as you can see from my last post...this does not work quickly enough.

2. Take your camera card to the nearest Rite Aid...unless thier digital machine happens to be broken!!!! Arrgghh!

3. Call your neighbor, Ellen, and ask if she has a card reader. She does????

4. Go to her place on this fine foggy morning and retrieve suspect piece of technology. It doesn't look hopeful.

5. Come home and climb back up onto desk,(see prior post), to reach behind and plug in this little device.

6. Watch the light come on. Be careful, your heart may be racing at this point in anticipation on possible success!

7. Insert Camera Card. Hold your breath!

8. See beautiful pictures flow onto your computer monitor.

9. Read that it says all pictures are on your computer...agree to delete pictures from camera card.

10. Wish you had not just completed step nine. All of the pictures are in a photo management software program that does not work with Photobucket.

11. Read the Photoshop Tutorial....then e-mail the photos to yourself.

12. Save into another file!

13. Click and share!

Ahhh....
Want to see some Thanksgiving shots? I am exhausted! You had better enjoy these! LOL

The view from my brother's window. So peaceful and soothing.


Photos of the beautiful table.



Chelsea relaxes as we wait for the turkey and stuffing (filling?)


More photos to follow over the next couple of days. I want to show you my brother, Allan's, incredible talent with wood work and some of the pretty shots of Camp Kanesatake where we stayed Thanksgiving night. We really enjoyed time there on Friday. There are so many happy memories at that camp.

...Anyway more later.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Thanksgiving is a Beautiful Thing

My dear daughter, Chelsea, has posted five things that she is thankful for at Its About Friends. She is so excited about Thanksgiving this year and as a part of natural conversation reminded me of a new family tradition started by my sister-in-law, Bev.
Bev has each person at the table say something that they are thankful for and then each one lights a tealight on a plateful of tealights. Pretty soon you have a growing glow symbolizing the combination of everyone's appreciation and it makes an impact. It is beautiful. Being thankful is contagious...it spreads light to the atmosphere around us.
Just as reading Chelsea's list of five things she is thankful for blessed my heart I hope that in some small way my attitude of appreciation for all that I have been blessed with lights my corner of the world.

Here, Chelsea, I'll make my list of five:

1. That God, in His infinite mercy, has provided a way of salvation through Jesus, His Son and that the Holy Spirit moved in my heart to bring me to understand and accept this wonderful gift!

2. The gift of a loving husband who has been my very best friend through these 18 years of marriage. He is that person who knows what I am thinking from across the room. The sight of him still makes my heart flutter.

3. Three children - so different one from another - but so special, each one. Jonathan, the artist and "thinker". Mikey, the athlete and motivated worker. Chelsea, the little homemaker and helper. I am so thankful to have the opportunity to really know and enjoy their company.

4. A home that meets our needs. I was thinking, as I saw footage of the cyclone damage this week how many people in this world do not have even basic shelter. I am blessed beyond any comprehension.

5. The friendships of many! Friends are the key to my every day survival. I need my friends and I hope that I return the favor of the support and unselfish giving that I have been blessed to experience.

As everyone has seemed to note during this Thanksgiving season, the list could go on and on...we have 365 days in a year and we don't have to stop expressing our Thankfulness just because this day of recognition of Thankfulness passes by.
Lord, please help me to remain Thankful!

Wishing you a fantastic Thanksgiving.

If this season is not a joyful one for you this year because of a loss or other reason beyond your control, please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you. It can be so hard to "smile" through these Holidays when you are hurting inside. My prayer for you is that you will be able to heal and see hope for better days ahead. I pray the Joy of the Lord into your life. If you feel like sharing, I am here to listen...

Gratefully,