Happy Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful time celebrating all the things we are thankful for this year. We had a morning devotion about thankfulness, prepared food and cleanted the house, welcomed visiting family and a friend, played Wits and Wagers several times, ate, visited, went for a walk (the weather was beautiful), and ate some more.
Today was a little bittersweet to be perfectly honest. Our (not so) little family of six is spread on three different continents this Thanksgiving afterall! I look forward to Matt and Easton joining us next year on Thanksgiving. Matt and I have spent every Thanksgiving together for the past 8 years, so it was so strange not sharing it with one another. We were blessed to be able to skype twice today, though. I'm so thankful for the technology we have that allows us to communicate so easily. Matt ate a traditional Turkey dinner in Afghanistan as well. Although, there was no pumpkin pie. That's okay. I'll bake him one next Spring when he's home to make up for it.
The highlight of the day today was playing Wits and Wagers with everyone. It's a great party game. Natalie is just like her Daddy and loves to play games. She joined in on the fun and ended up beating us all. Matt, she is definitely your daughter! Our little gamer. You should have seen her face when we told her she had won. Sweet girl!
All our company is gone now and the kids are tucked in bed. It's just me and my Savior in a quiet house. Thank you Jesus for dying for me so that I can be reconciled to the Father. Without you, as the writer of Ecclesiastes stated, this life in meaningless. Turkey, football, games, parades, and a day spent with family and friends are wonderful, but they can not bring the peace and deep joy that can only be provided by Jesus Christ.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the father. Colossians 3:15-17
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