Thankful Thursday

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

Psalm 107:1

Hard to believe that it is Thurs­day again already. Must time pass so quickly?

Tonight we need to hold up in prayers our neigh­bors in the South Lake Tahoe region who have been impacted by the Angora fire. I can’t imag­ine what it would be like to run from my house with only the clothes on my back and come back to find it gone. This is a sad sit­u­a­tion that takes place too often here in Cal­i­for­nia, at one end of the state or another. Get­ting all res­i­dents safely evac­u­ated and pre­vent­ing injuries is the pri­or­ity, as is keep­ing the fire­fight­ers safe. A home can be rebuilt, but I’m sure that many pre­cious heir­looms and keep­sakes have been destroyed and that must bring enor­mous sor­row to those impacted.

I am thank­ful to be writ­ing this in my com­fort­able home with the win­dows open and a lovely breeze waft­ing in. I love sum­mer nights, espe­cially Fri­day and Sat­ur­day evenings when I don’t have to worry about get­ting to bed by a cer­tain time and can enjoy these long, refresh­ing evenings, espe­cially if it was a hot after­noon. We are blessed that most nights are cool enough to be restful.

I am thank­ful to earn my daily bread doing work that I con­sider impor­tant and nec­es­sary so that at the end of the day I can feel sat­is­fied with my efforts, even if I am extremely tired (as I am this evening because I was run­ning all day).

I’m grate­ful for a week­end loom­ing ahead with pre­cious few plans which will allow me to relax, get some extra sleep, catch up on some chores around the house, read a book or two, spend some time in and by the pool, and … who knows what else?

Bless­ings to you for a safe and peace­ful weekend.

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