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Thread: Praise and Thanksgiving 2014
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QLib
Bad Example
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D (mentioned on prayer thread a few days ago) back with his friends and on top form last night. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
And Yay! for Pete and Gussie.
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Starbug
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I was at Bluewater shopping centre this afternoon, when a woman suddenly rushed into the shop and asked if anyone had seen a child. Turned out her three year old daughter had gone missing while she was at the cashpoint. She was in a terrible state, understandably.
The security people swung into action, with shops radioing each other, and other shoppers joined in looking for her. After about ten minutes, she was found in a nearby shop. Must have been the longest ten minutes of her poor mother's life!
Thank You, Lord, for her safe return.
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Welease Woderwick
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My 3G internet dongle service has been restored! Presumably they serviced the local tower yesterday.
Proof, were it needed, that complaining works - how do the company know there is a fault unless the punters tell them?
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
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JoannaP
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After deciding I had got myself into too much of a state to put in a job application today, I have discovered another vacancy at the same organisation, which is an even better match for my skills and experience, which gives me 10 days to fill in the form, and where I know the guy the post is working for.
I had not expected such speedy vindication that my decision this morning was the right one. It really does feel as if somebody is looking out for me. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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"Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow." R. H. Tawney (quoted by Isaiah Berlin)
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Today I give thanks for the 90th birthday of The Dowager Mrs S, my mother. She plans to mark the actual day with a round of golf (only 9 holes, sadly) and cake at the club with some friends. Further festivities will follow over the next fortnight!
She still lives on her own, in our family home, though I am immensely grateful to her neighbours R & J who keep an eye out for her. She was widowed about 35 years ago, but although she was completely knocked for six she has rebuilt a life for herself.
I am very proud of her and very grateful for all she has done for me and my family.
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
90 not out! Well done the Dowager!
Mrs. S, giving wholehearted thanks ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Piglet
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Happy birthday, Dowager Mrs. S.!
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Huia
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Yay! today was the shortest day, (well it may actually be tomorrow - who cares, it's happening) which means the days (at this end of the world) will start getting longer.
I know this means the weather will get colder, but at least it will be light.
Huia - dancing the happy dance
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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I was asked to write out my testimony by the school teacher who is to blame for me being a Christian. Having done so, I am feeling quite overwhelmed with blessings.
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Tree Bee
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We had a great holiday in Canadia.
We all stayed well and we saw friends and family. We love beautiful BC and hope to return.
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JoannaP
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Cancer doesn't always win! Our churchwarden has been given the all-clear
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"Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow." R. H. Tawney (quoted by Isaiah Berlin)
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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Thanks for the little bit of rain that came this evening, LORD, it helped the fire problems all over the state.
And, LORD, could you please send more rain? This is supposed to be 'monsoon season'. Thank you.
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Sir Kevin
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Thank you all who prayed for us. My wife, Z, has signed a contract to teach English in the fall. She starts at the end of the month.
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Piglet
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Congratulations, Z, and good luck with the new job!
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Mad Cat
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It's the holidays, and we survived the year! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Mad Cat
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More joy: I have been blessed in my life by the friendship of some very special people.
I'm especially thankful for M, a friend from my late teens. He understands. Thank you God. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Weird and sweary.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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'Love came down and rescued me'.
That's all!
Mrs. S, singing to herself
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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It's been lovely and sunny in Dundee as I walked around and up lots of places out of the shops etc. thank you Lord for a lovely time !
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Evensong
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Women Bishops finally allowed in the C of E.
PTL. Bout bloody time.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Hot damn!
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Huia
Shipmate
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The sewers are fixed, the smells are gone and the road is being re-sealed. Soon we will get our bus stop back and, if I'm feeling very daring, I may venture out on my bike again and pray that I am not one of the 3 cyclists who are hit by cars each week.
The smells have been there since November,(this time) so I feel like having a party.
Thanks to those who continued working in the hail and rain - and who will now go on to fix the sewers in another part of town. (the quakes upset the infrastructure that was already in the process of being renewed.)
This may seem like a weird thing to give thanks for, but having had a major disaster happen has made me more grateful for everyday things.
Huia
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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quote:
Originally posted by Huia:
This may seem like a weird thing to give thanks for, but having had a major disaster happen has made me more grateful for everyday things.
Huia
Always a good thing, Huia!
Mrs. S, doing #100happydays on fb for just that reason
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Today I give thanks for the NHS, which saved my life 16 years ago today.
The NHS!
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Nicolemr
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My brother's worrisome blood test results are not as dangerous as feared.
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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This is a little thing, but after watching five minutes of "Request timed out" the server I rebooted remotely has come back up. It is in Barnsley and I'm working at home from Chesterfield whilst minding two poorly children, so you can imagine I really really really needed it to come back up...
If you have anxiety, you'll understand.
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Piglet
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Small maybe, but not insignificant, KLB. When something stops doing what it's supposed to, it's always a cause for rejoicing when it starts doing it again.
Case in point: the water pressure in our house mysteriously decreased a few days ago and has now returned, for which I'm grateful; the last thing you need when it's pushing 30° is a shower that acts like a pipette.
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jacobsen
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Definite praise and thanks for my successfully completed hip replacement. The old hip joint, source of pain and mobility problems, has been removed, and a new ceramic one installed. Very, very grateful thanks.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Very thankful that my bus pass photo-card was found and returned by a neighbour who recognised it as mine.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Quite amazingly grateful that - once we had the table stretched to its fullest extent and laid with mats, plates, cutlery, napkins etc etc - the top-of-the-range Mr. S realised that we would be 12 for supper tonight, not 10 as I had counted ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif) (OK, back to Plan A for a buffet!)
I knew my maths was bad, but that bad? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Mrs. S, thanking heaven that it's a curry night - not pork chops! ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Neph got his first job!!,
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Sarasa
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Thanks that my husband's friend G is on the mend from a nasty bike accident.
Thanks for the life of another friend N. A few of us met this weekend at the place he died to celebrate his life and to catch up with each other (we all live in different places now).I felt connected with friends living and dead, in as Quaker's say, 'those things that are eternal'.
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Piglet
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A small thing in the Grand Scheme of Things™, but the "pop-ups" that were plaguing the new computer (particularly badly on the Ship) seem to have buggered off.
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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We have had lovely sun as we cam at New Wine, and also good singers and teachers and nice food. I have seen orange at night for the next day. I do hope it still is sunny and dry.
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cattyish
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I'm thankful.
Cattyish, cheering up.
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Praise and Thanksgiving today for the exchange of handshakes and goodwill between European countries.
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jacobsen
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Regarding new hip, extra special thanks and praise that my consultant said I could drive again and resume normal activities, only be careful putting on my socks.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by jacobsen:
Regarding new hip, extra special thanks and praise that my consultant said I could drive again and resume normal activities, only be careful putting on my socks.
That's good news for you. When MIL had her first replacement operation, she just could not understand she was not to bend suddenly to pick up something dropped, even when we bought gadget for her to use.
Did you know you can get help with socks or tights etc? These people sell several types of this aid as I saw on another UK forum. You may have to do a bit of a search, this was the first result I found.
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mousethief
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Surgery went better than even the surgeon expected, and the pain level is many notches lower than I was fearing! Thank you everyone for your prayers. I have a bit of recooping to do, but I have the whole week wide open, and so nowhere to go, and I have some nice loopy-loopy drugs should the pain get too intense. Everyone has taken really good care of me, especially Josephine. All praise and thanksgiving and glory and honor to God who brought us together, and thanks to St. Joseph for his prayers.
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Piglet
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Health to drive it, CM!
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Nicolemr
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Returned from my two week vacation to find all well with my cats and my turtle. (of course I had my daughter look in on them and replenish their food halfway through.)
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JoannaP
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quote:
Originally posted by Lothlorien:
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Originally posted by jacobsen:
Regarding new hip, extra special thanks and praise that my consultant said I could drive again and resume normal activities, only be careful putting on my socks.
That's good news for you. When MIL had her first replacement operation, she just could not understand she was not to bend suddenly to pick up something dropped, even when we bought gadget for her to use.
Did you know you can get help with socks or tights etc? These people sell several types of this aid as I saw on another UK forum. You may have to do a bit of a search, this was the first result I found.
The local council gave my mother one of these for free when she came out of hospital after her hip op; they also gave her a couple of special chairs and were just way more helpful than I had anticipated.
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Alban
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Working on election day. Not only that, but the polling place I'm in is my church. Grateful for any work and money at the moment.
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Welease Woderwick
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Little A, for whom I asked prayers a while ago is back at tuition today - he seems fine, says he feels fine. Littler A seems very pleased to have his big brother back.
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Piglet
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Good to hear it, WW - may he have a full and speedy recovery.
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daisymay
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My family told me to come with them to walk around along the west and they took me in their car, and we had a lovely time and lovely trees and lovely colours of things they grow. And nice food also!
Thank you God for us having a great time!
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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And I forgot to say we were in the "Kew" place where they are many many trees and other things.
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The Kat in the Hat
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I came off my bike last Monday.
Thanks for the man who helped me to the chemist; the assistant who gave me enough wound bandages to get me to work; a husband who hates me cycling, but still picked me up from work & drove me to the hospital & held my hand while my knee was stitched up.
The stitches came out yesterday, I cycled to & from work, I've still some fab bruises but Yay, I can bend my knee, so will be able to do Greenbelt!
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I had a lovely time camping for a few days - people were really nice near me, and also I had often icecream several times a day! Thank you God.
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