27 August-2 September:  This week, I have been thankful to hear there was a good turn-out to set-up for the Kids Clothing Exchange to be held at our church; feeling thankful for the less than average August temps we've been having; and thankful for this beautiful promise from Isaiah 26:3,4 where we read: " He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in Him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord! Trust in the Lord God always, for in the Lord Jehovah is your everlasting strength." (TLB); thankful for the promise of strength to meet the needs of each and every day; thankful for eyes to see, and ears that can hear the music in my life; thankful for the words of Jesus, recorded by John, when He was asked, " . . . ' What are we to do, so that we may habitually be doing the works of God?' Jesus answered, 'This is the work of God: that you believe [adhere to, trust in, rely on, and have faith] in the One whom He has sent.'” John 6:28,29 (AMP); thankful for a sound night of sleep - always a blessing! Thankful, too, for the way our minds have their own defragmentation process while we sleep (thankfully the process rarely causes dreams!); thankful for this message from Galatians 3:28 where we read: "In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ." (MSG); thankful for all the ways the Creator has shown His love for our human family - most of all, His willingness to bring life to all who will believe; thankful for the promises I find in His Word; thankful for these words from the Apostle Paul: ". . . You are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God’s own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God’s [own] household." Ephesians 2:19 (AMPC); thankful to live in an area where flooding (and other weather related problems) are not plaguing us - though we are in a part of the country where wild-fires are often a destructive force; thankful for all the people, the agencies that are coming to help flood survivors in Texas, in Louisiana; thankful for the reminder in these words from Psalm 95:6,7: "Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care...." (HCSB); thankful for sleep that finally came after a couple hours of wakefulness; thankful to feel well-rested in spite of the 0445 waking; thankful for this message from Proverbs 3:11,12 where we read: "...Don’t, dear friend, resent God’s discipline; don’t sulk under His loving correction. It’s the child He loves that God corrects...." (MSG); thankful for a new Sabbath - the weekly celebration blessed by our Creator when His work was finished; thankful for the message from Lee Venden that we watched Friday evening about seeing Jesus in the words of Revelation; and thankful for this message from Psalm 119:63-65: "I am a friend to all who fear You and of those who keep Your Law. The earth is full of Your loving-kindness, O Lord. Teach me Your Law. You have done good to Your servant, O Lord, because of Your Word." (NLV).