Autumn is my favorite Season. It is a time of summing up, of harvesting the fruits of our labor and especially of tallying up our blessings. Besides that I love the fall colors! I usually decorate to the hilt for fall at our house. My favorite tradition is a trip to the Perkins Pumpkin Patch! A time of blessings...let me count them up:
A solid relationship with my Lord & Savior. He is my strength, my rock & my hope of Salvation.
8 beautiful children, each uniquely talented in their own way. All endowed with a loving spirit and the gift of helping others. They are all healthy and everyone of them is a blessing to me. Three adorable grandsons, all of whom live fairly close by. They are my hope of the future.
A husband who is healing miraculously from a near fatal wreck in May and the sparing of the the children who were with him. His doctors are amazed at his recovery. I tell them we serve an awesome God!
Amazing friends who stand by me in times of trouble. They love me even when I am most unlovable and while they have busy lives of their own, they have been know to put theirs on screeching halt for me.
A lovely home that is paid for and a God who provides for me when no provisions seem available. Knowing that God alone is my provider so I need not ever fear my circumstances.
The realization that health cannot be taken for granted and the blessing of a recovering knee.
The acknowledgement that many of my burdens are really my opportunity to minister. The faith that giving God all the broken pieces gives Him the opportunity to make a positive blessing out of them. A faithful church home full of dedicated friends & prayer warriors.
A heritage of wonderful men & women in my lineage that have passed on their perseverance to me and their memories live on to encourage me and cheer me on.
I am truly blessed.
