THANKU PRAYERS
Once again I shall lay the blame on my cousin Lorrie for her Haiku inspired writing prompts! For Thanksgiving season she has urged us to write 'THANKUs' - or haiku format poems of praise and thanks. I can do that. I went back to my Celtic knots, mixed in a little scripture and background reflections and came up with a design for the rest of November! Enjoy! (Confession....I went back and added the first four drawings later...the Thanku had been written, but I was still finishing up my Altars Prayers!)
SUNDAY, November 10
Gratitude for the Ring Praise concert....
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| What a wonderful combination of scripture and music! Sean and Phyllis have worked together for so long they intuitively know what each other is going to do - a real gem of a concert. |
MONDAY, November 11
Gratitude for Zach and Jess's help.....
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| With Rick gone to Albuquerque, I needed some help moving furniture so I could paint it. Zach and Jess to the rescue! |
TUESDAY, November 12
Gratitude for Christmas music....
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| Driving back and forth to town, I have enjoyed putting on a Christmas CD and singing along with abandon! |
WEDNESDAY, November 13
Gratitude for my church partner, Sharon....
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| Sharon and I spent the day going through costumes for the Christmas play, planning out December worship, and then cutting wood for a new nativity at the front of the sanctuary. We work so well together after years of PYG experience! |
Thursday, November 14
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| When I first thought of this design fall leaves came to mind, hence one of my first prayers was of praise for the beauty of fall colors! |
Friday, November 15
GRATITUDE for our new home
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| High on our list this year is our new home - and thanks for all the hard work the crew did to make it happen. The new neighbors have been great. |
GRATITUDE for local law enforcement help
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| The Baker County Sheriff's department, along with some local OSP officers, have responded to the need for some 'muscle' on Thursday mornings at the Backpack Program. It has been a blessing to have their help and to get to know the officers on a personal basis. |
SUNDAY, November 17
Gratitude for the vast expanse of sky we can now see from our home...
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| I have my morning devotion area situated so I can watch the sun rise every day as I reflect! We have glorious sunsets... and the sky is so dark we can really see the stars at night. So much sky overhead! |
Gratitude for family gatherings....
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| In July over twenty of the McLean/Walker tribe gathered together in Bandon to celebrate Mom's life and internment in Grants Pass and the transfer of the home to her granddaughter Kirsten. It was a great party! |
TUESDAY, November 19
Gratitude for the ability to give back to an organization like Habitat for Humanity and all the wonderful families and folk we have worked with...
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| Habitat Care-a-Vanners have given us the opportunity to serve, to learn new building skills, and mostly to develop lasting friendships with like-minded people and wonderful families |
WEDNESDAY, November 20
Gratitude for my faith family, the people who make up my church....
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| Wherever I have lived, my faith family, the church, has been a source of joy, growth, sometimes frustration, but always a larger community of support and spiritual nourishment. |
Gratitude for the special group of friends who call themselves the MT Nesters...
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| We started out watching tennis together over 15 years ago and once our kids 'left the nest' we continued to gather once a month, supporting one another through the deaths of parents, illness, and joys. |
FRIDAY, November 22
Gratitude for opportunities to travel with long-time friends to an event together....
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| We drove down to Boise with Darrel and Cherrie Conklin and dinner at the Mongolian Grill before the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert. What a show! |
SATURDAY, November 23
Unending gratitude for the blessing of our two sons...
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| Jed and Luke...we couldn't be prouder of the men our two boys have become. Photo taken during one of their 'jumping' sessions on the Bandon beach. |
SUNDAY, November 24
Gratitude for the bounty of sustenance we enjoy free from worry....
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| What a blessing to have the abundance of food to share freely. I try to waste not and preserve alot of fruit others would throw away. |
MONDAY, November 25
Gratitude for the beauty and variety of wildflowers ....
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| The variety and glory of wildflowers on mountain hillsides never ceases to fill me with thanksgiving and praise. |
TUESDAY, November 26
Gratitude for my husband, Rick....
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| Not much needs to be said here! So grateful this man decided to attend church one Easter 40 years ago! |
WEDNESDAY, November 27
Gratitude for good health....
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| We take good health for granted, but it is not a given as we enter the 'Golden Years'! |
THURSDAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, November 28
Gratitude for God in all forms....
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| I veered from my celtic circle knots to use the Trinity Knot today - symbolizes the triad nature of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer |
Gratitude for family....
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| I had to alter the images today because I didn't want to cover up any of the faces ....Luke's baptism was probably the ONLY time after our wedding that all four of our parents were together. My father passed away 3 years later. What a heritage these four individuals passed on. |
SATURDAY, November 30
And a final prayer of Gratitude for...WINDOWS!
View out the kitchen bay window on a cloudy day that lets the sun shine through off and on, reflecting on the crystal sitting on the ledge. 