wise ...
witty ...
charming ...
inspiring ...
Those 4 words come to mind when I think of Lea. I loved her blog the first time I visited. I love that she includes a verse from the Bible that ties in with the subject. I never, ever leave there without feeling inspired or encouraged. With that, I will let you see for yourself what I am talking about. I know you will be blessed.
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make a joyful noise
my favorite holiday is thanksgiving, and i used to get
fussy about halloween and Christmas squeezing it
off the calendar. now i begin celebrating thanksgiving
in september, skip halloween, and slide right on into
Christmas.
thanksgiving is all about families gathering together to
give thanks to the Lord for His goodness. when my
children were younger, we memorized psalm 100, the
beloved psalm of thanksgiving.
"make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands."
nobody does this better than children. as soon as your
hands are greasy from stuffing the turkey, you can be
sure a loud noise will erupt from the farthest corner of
the house!
"serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence
with singing."
when assigning chores, remind your little noisemakers that
servants are the heroes of the Kingdom. last year i had a
pie boss, a marshmallow topper, a potato masher, a turkey
carver, and a green bean casserole mixer. i watched the
football game. :)
"for the Lord is good and His mercy is everlasting. His
faithfulness endures to all generations."
at our table we will have a jumble of cousins, aunts, uncles,
grandparents, and the first great grandbaby. the more
generations the better the food tastes!
many blessings on your gathering,
lea
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Lea, thank you so much for sharing this post with us on Thanksgiving eve.
Everyone, please be sure to leave a comment here for Lea, but also visit her own blog: my letters to emily.
Have a blessed Thanksgiving ~
Lana
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Beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving Lana and Lea!
ReplyDeleteOh Lea, you are wonderful! Family is so important and it's easy to lose sight of that when they're bustling around you so much and you're so focused on just getting through and getting it right - so busy with those "tasks", you quickly run out of time to enjoy them. (And by 'you', of course I mean 'I'.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for this beautiful reminder. No one can say it like you, Lea, and that's why we keep coming back and follow you anywhere! :)
Lea thank you for sharing such a wonderful inspiring post!!! And thank you for introducing us readers to this fabulous blog in the world of BlogLand!!
ReplyDeleteLana, your work is breath taking beautiful... thank you for welcoming us to visit... I'm your newest Kindred Spirit.. blessigs and Happy Thanksgiving.. HHL
This is beautiful... Happy thanksgiving Lana and Lea
ReplyDeletethank you, lana, for your kind words and this
ReplyDeletespecial opportunity! have a joyful thanksgiving!
love,
lea
Lana and Lea, thank you both for your heart of thanksgiving to the One to Whom all praise is due! I loved the reference to serving with gladness and singing. May you both be blessed during this season of rejoicing!
ReplyDeleteSo very beautiful Lea and Lana ~
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely blog... and what a blessing it's been to visit here~
Happy Thanksgiving!
~Maria
Thank you, Lana, for featuring Lea and her blog. I am always uplifted by her writing.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to meet you, Lana! I love this post! Lea is so special. I love stopping by her post for a respite! I always receive a much needed refreshing word. Her beautiful thoughts become precious prose.
ReplyDeleteI am so thankful that she introduced me to you! I will stop back by again.
Happy Thanksgiving to both of you!
Many blessings,
Cheri
That sound wonderful. Thanksgiving is not a holiday in the UK. I think we don't need a special day to remember how much God has blessed us. I pray that my family and I will thank Him each and every day. I try to do so.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have halloween or Thanksgiving so we're just rocking right into Christmas and summer holidays! I love the idea of thanksgiving and adore your beautiful autumn leaves. Have a happy thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteLana I just love Lea's writing and blog too! I can count on a good read everytime I visit her. Thank you for featuring her here. I will hop over and let her know I loved it.
ReplyDeletehugs
Wonderful interview on this beautiful blog; I especially LOVE the book pages wings...how extraordinarily clever!
ReplyDeleteOh Lea... and Lana!
ReplyDeleteYour blog post was a pic-me-up for me today! It's several days after Thanksgiving now, but I finally had a few minutes to just relax a bit and look for an inspiring blog post... and found it here!
P.S. Psalm 100 was the first scripture our oldest daughter memorized, at age 4... I can still hear her little voice quoting it!