Welcome to my very first Thankful Thursday post. After reading various Thankful Thursday posts over the last month or so, and reading Susan's today at Forever His, I thought I would post one too!
Today I am thankful for the blessing of my adorable daughter Jasmine, who at 4 and a half years of age, offers me her renewed love for me on a daily basis with every "Mummeeeeee" that comes from her room in the morning when she wakes. She displayed the desire to be Mummy's little shadow last night before bedtime and "help" me to sort out a computer issue, and just blesses me generally with her presence, even during the tense times we have together sometimes.
I am also thankful for my wonderful 'adopted' siblings here in Brisbane, who provide me with love, advice and support when times get a bit hard for me while I do it solo as a parent. Without these siblings, and others who provide me with support, I would not 'do life' as well as I do while living so far away from my family.
My thankfulness stretches right out beyond this blog page to my new Sisters in Christ that I have found in blogland. I am so grateful that God led me here as I am learning to be a better person for God, and also sharing my life experiences and knowledge with others who are going through what I have gone through in life so far.
The greatest thanks, however, must go to our Heavenly Father and our wonderful Saviour, Jesus Christ, who are with us 24/7, watching over us and caring for us as God's Girls. We are blessed and Hebrews 12:28 expresses it well -
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe..."
"Thank you dear Lord that I have been blessed with the wonderful people that I have in my life today. Thank you that I am able to learn from them, and turn to them when I am weak. And thank you that I am always able to turn to you at any time and about any thing, and that I know you will always be there for me. In Your Heavenly Name, Amen."
welcome to Thankful thursdays- a very nice thank you list. I give thanks for you and with you that god is always there for us, and for friends on and off the blog. Be blessed this thankful thursday
ReplyDeleteWhat great things to be thankful for! I, too, am thankful for all of the bloggy friends I've met. Only through God could we connect. Thanks for stopping by and commenting today! :) Carol
ReplyDeleteWhen we all get to Heaven we are going to have one BIG blog party together! HUGS :)!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to TT. What a beautiful first TT post. What a beautiful thankful heart you have. Blessings to you today!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great thankful list. I smiled when you spoke of your daughter. Not having children of my own, it twinges my heart with a little envy to have that pitter patter of those small feet looking at your every move and admiring you.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, sweet one.
Love,
Paula
Hey, Paula! Just visiting your blog for the first time! Love it! Thanks for sharing your beautiful heart.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Susan
Awe... Jasmine is a blessed little girl to have such a great mom!
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful for all the "friends" I have here in blog land too. It is refreshing and encouraging to know others think of you daily.
Great post!
Welcome to Thankful Thursday!
ReplyDeleteHey Paula,
ReplyDeleteLove that Thankful Thursday. I love that little voice from the bedroom. Hugs & kisses from our girls are like a reminder from God that He loves us.
Talk to you soon,
Your sister in Christ.
Carol
I love that I visit your blog and I know exactly where you are standing in the photo of you by the Brisbane River... It's such a beautiful little City. I'm so thankful I live here... I loved reading your post, with it's reminders and promptings. Hope your set to start a lovely weekend...
ReplyDeleteHey Paula,
ReplyDeleteWow, what a blessing that you decided to join in on on the TT meme!
This was a great thankful post. I know the Lord loves when you tell Him how much we appreciate all He has done in our lives.
Hope you have a blessed weekend my sweet friend~
PS So grateful for your friendship here in blogland!
Paula=---what a great Thankful post! I loved it! I read from the top of the page to here and on your sweet daughters site (Mummy Moments is something SHE will treasure in years to come---print them out for her!)
ReplyDeleteYou are a good mom/mum. A blessing to her life indeed!
I am glad to meet you---and thank you for your sweet words on my blog about my sister. Come back anytime and often!
Blessings to you and Jasmine!
My sister was a single parent for 8 years before God brought alone a wonderful man in her life. She is my hero and I learnt and continue to learn so much from her as she stayed close to God during this time (and still does!) She used to refer to herself as a double parent because she had to do double the work! ;)
ReplyDeleteShe is one of the most amazing women I knew and I know that God used her singleparenthood to make her into the woman God designed her to be.
Isn't it amazing how God sets us in families when we need it. I ma thankful that we found each other in Blogland!
You are amazing Paula and I'm thankful that we are friends...
Your daughter is so gorgeous like her Mummy!
ReplyDeleteMy sister was a single parent for 8 years before God brought alone a wonderful man in her life. She is my hero and I learnt and continue to learn so much from her as she stayed close to God during this time (and still does!) She used to refer to herself as a double parent because she had to do double the work! ;)She is one of the most amazing women I knew and I know that God used her singleparenthood to make her into the woman God designed her to be.
Isn't it amazing how God sets us in families when we need it. I ma thankful that we found each other in Blogland!
You are amazing Paula and I'm thankful that we are friends...