Giving Thanks and Happy Links

Wow, can you believe it is actually the day before Thanksgiving in the year of 2019?

Where has this year gone?  I say this every year, but each year seems to have a time table of its own.  When I get to this particular season of the year and reflect back, it seems like January 1 was only a couple days ago.

Thankfully God still gives us 365 days each year and it is still up to us how we use those days regardless how fast they seem to come and go.

There is so much for which to be grateful this time of year as we look back.

We are grateful for health, for time spent with our children and grandchildren, for God's protection and intervention, for our extended family and especially for God's miracle work in the life of our little Charlotte.

We are most grateful that God saw fit to send His Son into the world to love and forgive us and give us hope, peace and eternal life with Him.

Tomorrow we will be driving to Dallas to be with our daughter Christy and her family, minus two daughters and their husbands.  We will reflect on God's mercies and His blessings, while enjoying a delicious meal and time around a beautiful table.

May this be a Happy Grateful Day for you as well.

I am including several links to blogs that I found interesting and inspiring this morning.

Marsha is a blogger friend from Houston and shared how to truly observe Giving Thanks Day tomorrow.

Splendarosa

Should you need to make a quick escape from the hub bub, you might enjoy seeing these amazing homes in San Francisco and take a last-minute Fall Home Tour on the the blog The Dedicated House

Again this week, we have been reminded that we cannot predict tomorrow, with the death of a dear and long-time friend.

"Because time here is short, you have to know the long game that wins forever.

Life is a vapour and wisdom is knowing how to inhale every breath."

This is a quote from Ann Voscamp's post this morning.  It is very timely and thought provoking to help us deal with the unknowns of life.

She also gives us 3 Keys to the Best Family Advent to help us focus on what Advent means and how to prepare ourselves for it.

If you are interested in making your own cranberry sauce for your guests tomorrow, Leslie at Lemon Grove Lane gave us her Easy Cranberry Sauce recipe.

She also shared some quick and easy tips for doing Christmas Touches in the Kitchen

Brenda Emmons at Emerging Life Ministries wrote an interesting post dealing with  "Do we really have a reason to be angry?" Sometimes we are guilty of telling God what His will is for us, don't we. Brenda speaks to this today.

May your Giving Thanks Day be blessed!