I missed Thankful Thursday this week,

but they say a picture is worth a thousand words.  :)

Yes!  It's my new camera!

A glimpse into a godly home from another age: 

"Felt wonderful satisfaction in being at the house of Mr. Edwards.  He is a Son himself, and hath also a Daughter of Abraham for a wife.  A sweeter couple I have not yet seen.  Their children were dressed not in silks and satins, but plain as becomes the children of those who, in all things ought to be examples of Christian simplicity.  She is a woman adorned wtih a meek and quiet spirit, talked feelingly and solidly of the Things of God, and seemed to be such a help meet for her husband, that she caused me to renew those prayers, which, for many months, I have put up to God, that he would be pleased to send me a daughter of Abraham to be my wife." 

This reflection, penned by George Whitefield
after spending a weekend in the home
of Sarah & Jonathan Edwards, is an excerpt from
Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God.

A worthwhile thought for the day...

My heart was pricked this morning
when I read this Jonathan Edwards
quote on a friend's site.  Thought it
worthy to repeat here for you:

"Resolved, To act, in all respects, both speaking and doing,
as if nobody had been so vile as I,
and as if I had committed the same sins,
or had the same infirmities or failings, as others,
and that I will let the knowledge of their failings
promote nothing but shame in myself,
and prove only an occasion
of my confessing my own sins and misery to God."

~Jonathan Edwards

Fight the Good Fight

FIght the good fight with all thy might;
Christ is thy strength, and Christ is thy right;
Lay hold on life, and it shall be
Thy joy and crown eternally.

Run the straight race thro' God's good grace,
Lift up thine eyes, and seek His face;
Life with its way before us lies:
Christ is the path, and Christ the prize.

Cast care aside, upon thy Guide lean,
and His mercy will provide;
Lean, and the trusting soul shall prove
Christ is its life, and Christ its love.

Faint not, nor fear, His arms are near;
He changeth not, and thou art dear;
Only believe, and Thou shalt see
That Christ is all in all to thee.

John Samuel Monsell

But flee from these things, you man of God;
and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, perseverance, and gentleness.
Fight the good fight of faith;
take hold of the eternal life
to which you were called,
and you made the good confession
in the presence of many witnesses.

I charge you in the presence of God,
who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus,
who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which He will bring about at the proper time -

He who is the blessed and only Sovereign,
the King of kings and Lord of lords;
who alone possesses immortality
and dwells in unapproachable light;
whom no man has ever seen or can see,
to Him be honor and eternal dominion!  Amen!

I Timothy 6:11-16

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Thankful Thursday

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I'm thankful for the little joys of 

home and summer that captivate the senses:

~ smelling wild honeysuckle

~seeing colorful lilies

~tasting watermelon & honeydew

~a cozy place to sit outdoors

~books that delight the heart and the imagination

~steamy cup of coffee to greet the morning

~the advantures of 2 Samuel and I Kings

~a clean garage, post-garage-sale

~a freshly bathed kitty 

~the smells of dinner in the crock pot

~a bit of time this afternoon to curl up with a book


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"And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments,
as your Father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."
I Kings 3:14

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