Thanksgiving Festivities!

Well, we had quite the full day of fun, family, and festivities on Thanksgiving Day! Jason started the day by playing in his annual Turkey Bowl with some good old friends of ours. Then it was off to his family's house for our first Thanksgiving dinner. As per the usual traditions, we had lots of turkey, mashed potatoes, football, and an afternoon nap! Then it was off to my family's house for more turkey, mashed potatoes, and, mmmm sweet potatoes! Ooooh yah, gotta love Thanksgiving! Soon after this excessive indulgence in lots of yummy food, we had birthday cake and celebrated my brother's 30th birthday! Happy Birthday Timmy! Although I am certainly thankful for all of the food, I left the day so thankful for the family that God has so richly blessed me with! For reasons too many to name, I love you all! And for our church... I am increasingly thankful to God for our local church, for our humble and wise pastors, for our dear friends, and for our small group that we love to serve! If we didn't have our families to celebrate with, we could have been with so many great and wonderful people that we love! And all of this purchased for us on the cross! My greatest treasure, my greatest deliverance, my greatest need taken care of, the thing to certainly be thankful for the most, my dear Savior Jesus Christ!

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I’ll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.
(Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Written by Robert Robinson)

Praise the Lord for his all redeeming love on this day of thanksgiving!
Here are some pictures from our day.
Jason's Family:





My Family: