The Journey Continues:Christmas Eve

Just thought I would write a short update on Richard.  I have had many people ask about him so I thought I would let you know.  He is doing pretty good.  He still seems tired in the evenings, some evenings he is more tired than others but he really pushes himself.  He will do things because he will not and never has liked asking for help.  With the tiredness comes some grumpiness but he had that before he had cancer.  :)  We all have that I think, some more so than others!  He is looking forward to Christmas, being with family and celebrating the birth of his Savior!

Merry Christmas to everyone and as always we thank you for the many, many prayers you have prayed for him and for us.

“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” Luke 2:16-20 NIV

Thankfulness

Tomorrow is a day to pause, reflect and remember what you are thankful for.  I thought I would just let you know today what I am thankful for!

I am thankful for another year with my husband.  I am thankful for his doctors that work so hard to keep him here.  I am thankful for his bullheaded, stubborn ways.  I am thankful that he is a family man and puts us first even in the midst of cancer.(even though we beg him to rest and concentrate on getting better)  I am thankful for his attitude! I am thankful that he is a christian!

I am thankful for my children and granddaughter and that this year we will all be together for Thanksgiving.  I am thankful for each one of them with their different gifts and ways of making me laugh, cry and sometimes scream.

I am thankful for my extended family, church family and many friends .  I am thankful for reconnecting with some friends this year that I hadn't seen in a long time!

I am thankful for the gift of prayer!  I am thankful for everybody that has sent many prayers to heaven on our behalf!  I am thankful for the Bible!

I am thankful for my house, my car, running water, food(especially chocolate), bathrooms, microwaves, music, furniture,  a heater, air conditioners, books, cleaning supplies, a job, co-workers, movies, the truth, writing, a computer, facebook, telephones and the list goes on!

I am thankful that I live in a free country where I have many rights!

Most of all I am thankful for my Heavenly Father, His Son, Jesus who died and rose again for us and the Holy Spirit who convicts!  I am thankful for the forgiveness given freely when asked for!  I am thankful that a way was paved for eternal life many, many years ago!!

What are you thankful for?

Psalm 100:3-5

New International Version (NIV)

³ Know that the Lord is God.
    It is he who made us, and we are his^[a];
    we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.
⁵ For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
    his faithfulness continues through all generations.