FOOT DOCTOR

Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.Psalms 119:111

The fount of joy is the Lord Himself; he gives it to His own,

His word is our heritage, and we know we are not alone.

The statutes of God enrich us; they are food for the soul,

To hide them in our heart is our persistent and joyful goal.(RP)

Margie's regular appointment with the foot doctor was to be tomorrow, but they ache so badly we changed it to a day earlier. In fact the doctor returns from his vacation today, so this is the earliest she could get in. She will be glad when this trip is over. We plan on doing some shopping after the appointment which is at 9 AM.  Yesterday was a blessing at church.  Ron Buchinski, head of Bellingham Lighthouse Mission, preached. He is a member of our church. Pastor was away on vacation. This week things return to more normal, so we will be in the countdown preparation for Bible class and the book of Genesis. Thanks for praying. 

HOW WAS YOUR THANKSGIVING?

Psalm 147:1 

Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.

Why is it so hard to praise the Lord and thank Him for all He has done,

Is it because we are lazy,and our heart is wrong, and this wonderful thing we shun?

God says praise is pleasant to Him and us, if we would just practice it now,

So why not start,and praise the Lord and at His feet humbly bow.(RP)

We wonder how your thanksgiving was. We had a good one. And we remembered to thank the Lord for all his blessings.  We trust that this morning at church, your heart will be blessed as you study God's word and worship. It was 29 degrees here this morning. I'm glad and thankful we have heat in the house. Thanks for praying.

ALL WEEK

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!Psalms 133

A cry from the Psalmist to all who will hear; this message is the best,

And God-fearing ones should quickly align; none should really detest.

Living in unity is ordained from above; nobody should ever decline,

Unite with others,depend on the Lord,and then your light will shine.

It is good and pleasant to be unified as your serve the Lord each day,

So give it all you have by trust in the Lord, and His word faithfully obey(RP)

We were pleased to be able to spend almost the entire week working on chapters for our future Shepherd's book. As I refine the documents, Margie proofreads them and sends them back to me. Then I make the corrections she has found and put those chapters in a file we call "to edit."  That will come later when our finances permit. We are not in a hurry and I would like to add more chapters to what we have written already, but that will take another read of our journals, trying to find more subjects about which we can write. Margie and I are pleased we can work together on this enjoyable project. Thanks for praying.

HOW WAS YOUR THANKSGIVING?

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

Today we need encouragement as we work and toil for the Lord.

And we find it here in words so plain nothing can be ignored.

Jesus who loves us and gives us so much,consoles us and gives other things,

By His grace and comfort He establishes us and to us His joy brings.

God does all this to help us work,and speak for Him every day,

And surely we can do this day after day keeping Jesus by our lives on display.(RP)

We wonder how your Thanksgiving was. Our was a blessing, spent with family in Stanwood.  Margie made her well-liked Jello salad, and sweet potatoes. Gina and Nathan did the rest, and they did a good job of it all. We had an enjoyable time. then returned home around 4:30, arriving before it was dark. Margie prefers it that way.  Thanks for praying. 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Prayer is acceptable always, and thankfulness ranks very high,

And as we pray, to our Father we always to our Lord draw nigh.

His will is for us all to give thanks in everything we always do,

And obedience to this always brings us joy through and through.(RP)

We give thanks to God on this designated day for all His blessings to us. There are many. We plan to be with our family for an afternoon Thanksgiving meal. We look forward to it.  The weather report is about the same: cold clear, and some wind. Temperature should be 46 today. At 7:30 AM it is 32 degrees. We trust you all have a great day. Thanks for praying.

PROGRESS

Ephesians 5:20 

Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

How thankful are the Christians, the ones for whom Christ died?

Are they living close to Jesus and in His safety securely abide?

It is easy to forget to give thanks for all things; did you forget?

It is much easier to pray when with problems we are beset.

Today give thanks for All things when you go to Him in prayer,

You'll find sweet consolation and know that for you He will care.(RP)

We worked almost the entire day on Shepherd stories for the chapters. Margie also dedicated her time to proofreading. Together we got much done. Today we will be repeating that process.  It is a cold clear brisky wind-filled day thus far. It did not snow as predicted yesterday. I also was able to get some more done on our Genesis study also.  I enjoy working on it. Yesterday Margie made a delicious meat loaf which we enjoyed much. I think we will repeat that menu today. Thanks for praying. 

PREPARING

Romans 10:17 

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

It is by grace we are saved through faith; God tells us we get faith one way,

Faith comes by hearing God's word, which is forever with us on display.

So we must get His word to the world, so all will hear His message plain,

And receive the faith that only God gives, so that the lost, salvation will gain. (RP)

Today Margie starts preparing the things she plans to take to Thanksgiving meal with our family in Stanwood.  We are glad we are able to be home, because a cold front is moving in and the winds are picking up already. We are supposed to get a sprinkling of snow also, they said. We are taking advantage of the extra time to work on the Shepherd book chapters. We have 50 ready for editing, and are working on 116 others.  It all takes time. Thanks for praying.