Thanksgiving at Grandma's

Pickled peaches and spiced apple rings

Candied yams and good green beans,

Cornbread dressing and sweet iced tea,

And pecan pie baked just for me.

Grandma in her apron,

Flitting all about,

Grandpa greeting kinfolk,

"Come in this house!" he'd shout.

Young'uns in the kitchen,

Cousins acting silly.

Grown-ups 'round the dining table

"Ask the blessing, Papa Billy."

I'm missing all the loved ones

Who once gathered around

But thankful for the love we shared

And the faith that they passed down.

Karen Rice

I Can Be Glad

I can be glad for my hope is in the Lord

'Cause He gives a confidence that this world doesn't know
He's the Lord of all creation
And whatever the situation
I'm glad for my hope is in the Lord

Larnelle Harris

Potter and the Clay

O Lord, You are our Father.

We are the clay

You are our Potter,

and we are the work of Your hand.

Isaiah 64:8

Our God Sings

I was reading "Sarah Plain and Tall" to my grandchild. It was set in the late 1800's and tells about a widowed father of two who advertises for a wife willing to come to the prairie from back east. He gets an acceptance letter from Sarah, from Maine. The youngest child, Caleb, tells his father to write Sarah back and, "Ask her if she sings!"

I thought about a little boy's heartfelt request when I read this promise:

The Lord your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

Nothing

Nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.

No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

Years ago when I was at the hospital with my young son, I had a bookmark with this verse printed on it. A nice nurse came in and I felt an urge to give her that bookmark. She stood there reading it, and then told me she couldn't believe how it was just what she needed at that moment, because her husband had just told her he was leaving her. She had never read that verse before.

I am so thankful for our faithful Father in heaven and for His Word.