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Counting My Blessings

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I am thankful for my blessings
Not a day does ever go by
Where my heart reaches toward Heav’n
And my eyes can’t help but cry

Each need my Saviour does provide
Never slacking nor does He sleep
His timing is truly perfect
In His palm my life He keeps

There are times my needs are many
Some met before I even ask
At times the Lord remains silent
Yet he’s working on the task

My Shepherd lovingly does care
For each intimate of details
He carefully does touch them all
With His hand which never fails

I thank You Lord for loving me
For this love I do not deserve
It was free for me to receive
Now with gladness do I serve!

Thank you, Lord…

For my husband, John, and giving him a strong body and mind to lead our family.

For my son, Aaron, and giving him the gift of teaching to mold tomorrow’s young minds.

For my son, Adam, and giving him a love for his country to serve as a Marine.

For my Pastor and church family and the blessing they are to me.

For my dear friends (you know who you are) who touch my heart and challenge me.

For my brother and his dear wife for opening their lives so we may join in.

For my health – for without it, I could not use the gifts You have given to me.

For meeting each need in our lives as we praise Your Name and share the blessings with those who will hear us.

I’m eternally grateful for these and too many to record here. I love you, Lord!

Kate Plourde
November 27, 2007

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Back from break

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Good morning, blogger friends!

Well, after MUCH packing, moving and unpacking, I’m happy to say we are settled in … well, at least temporarily – until May 2008!

Thank you for the prayers… they were much needed and I am grateful for them. So much happened while I was away. My precious husband, John, is so looking forward to retiring from police work. May cannot come too quickly for him. He is looking forward to starting his own commercial cleaning business once we move to Oregon. What a blessing this man is to me! He is not afraid to work and I admire his zeal to start a new adventure at this point in our lives!

Aaron, my oldest, is nearly finished with his college courses and is hoping to do his student teaching once we get to Oregon. We are praying for a good IFB church with a Christian school there as well for him to achieve this goal! That would be such a blessing so we covet your prayers in this area.

My Marine, Adam, is in Ft. Sill, OK and waiting for orders to report as Recruiter’s Assistant here in the next week or so. We are hoping this goes through because that means he will be home for Christmas. I don’t know if I shared this with ya’ll but he asked Bethany to marry him. They will wait to be married until he reaches the rank of Corporal – good thinking!

We had to put our sweet, precious Sheltie, Bandit, to sleep three weeks ago. He was with us for almost 14 years and was a faithful friend. He is sorely missed. His sweet demeanor warmed the coldest heart and dried the loneliest tears.

As for me, I’m thankful for God’s goodness to me. He has provided everything we could possibly need. When we were looking for temporary housing until the move next May, He gave us a beautiful apartment and threw in a garage with the same dimensions as public storage for $150 less a month! Even when we are not looking for His blessings, He is in the background working out all the details! We serve a mighty and wonderful God, my friends.

I am glad to be back and look forward to finishing this series of devotionals covering the blessed hymns of old!

God bless you, dear readers, and I pray for God’s goodness in your lives today!

Kate

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