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<\/a>I live in a beautiful home. I live in a safe neighborhood. There is food in my refrigerator and my freezer. We have reliable transportation\u2026not just one, but three! I have a wonderful husband. My children and grandchildren are healthy. I have a job. My husband has a job.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This is my short list of things that I take for granted.<\/p>\n
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Last night I got a good dose of why I should be thankful every day for everything. I arrived home at a decent time, had to do one work-related task and then settled in to be with my family.<\/p>\n
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After a half hour or so, I realized it was cool in the house, so I stepped in front of the thermostat (we have one of those Nest thingees and when no one walks by it after an hour or so, it automatically drops to a lower temperature to save money). Nothing. The thermostat was directing the furnace to come on, but the furnace wasn\u2019t responding.<\/p>\n
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We went to the basement and yes, the furnace had given up. It didn\u2019t want to work any longer without some care. We walked away knowing it was going to be a cold evening.<\/p>\n
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However, my husband doesn\u2019t give up that easily, he is a do-it-yourself-er and he has a technical brain that understands just about anything\u2026after all, he is an electrical engineer. So after dinner, he scoured the internet for possible fixes and finally came to a conclusion. He believes it is a small part that doesn\u2019t cost much. But it would have to wait until morning to be fixed.<\/p>\n
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So we went to bed with warmer sleeping gear, put a couple more blankets on the bed and drifted off to sleep.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s actually not too cold in the house this morning. It\u2019s bearable. And this morning I am thankful. I had a warm bed to sleep in. There was a roof over my head last night. I even have electricity this morning. There is so much to be thankful for and I need to be grateful.<\/p>\n
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Today, I want to share a few verses of Scripture to remind me (and you) about being thankful. These are just what I need.<\/p>\n
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Psalm 28:7 (NIV) \u201cThe Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psalm 30:11-12 (NIV) \u201cYou turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psalm 69:30 (NIV) \u201cI will praise God\u2019s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psalm 100:4 (NIV) \u201cEnter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psalm 107:1 (NIV) \u201cGive thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And listed below are a few more for good measure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1 Chronicles 16:34<\/p>\n Psalm 9:1-2<\/p>\n Psalm 34:1-3<\/p>\n Psalm 50:23<\/p>\n Psalm 95:1-3<\/p>\n Psalm 103:1-5<\/p>\n Psalm 118:28<\/p>\n Psalm 138:1-2<\/p>\n Isaiah 12:4-5<\/p>\n Ephesians 1:3<\/p>\n Ephesians 5:20<\/p>\n Philippians 4:6<\/p>\n Colossians 2:7<\/p>\n Colossians 3:15-17<\/p>\n 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I pray that these verses will remind us all today to be thankful for the little things as well as the big things in our lives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Donna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are days that I\u2019m not as thankful as I should be. I take so much for granted. Big things that I consider little things. I live in a beautiful home. I live in a safe neighborhood. There is food in my refrigerator and my freezer. We have reliable transportation\u2026not just one, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3010,998,527,1877,3646,3647,3645],"class_list":["post-4013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thanking-god","tag-be-thankful","tag-psalm-1004","tag-psalm-1071","tag-psalm-287","tag-psalm-3011-12","tag-psalm-6930","tag-today-im-thankful-for"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4016,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013\/revisions\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}