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I am thankful today for work. Sometimes my thoughts swirl darkly and I am incapable of jumping the track to a new train. However, I can work and often I notice after half an hour that I am on a new train.

God is my father and my brother. Have you ever felt abandoned by your family, maybe by you sibling or a parent? God can take many forms and He can provide you with a human that can be your confidante when you feel distant from your birth family.

We had hoar-frost so thick around our place that the branches bowed unusually. It was almost like snow but was all sides of a branch and was on each delicate finger. The sun came out and it sparkles magnificently. Oh so gorgeous! I am thankful for the beauties of creation.

I took note of our 1-year-old daughter today. She had been grumpy all morning when playing downstairs with the other children. However, when she left them and began following her mother around, she soon was happy and began to sing to herself. What a beautiful picture of a child content when with its mother!

Do you dwell on the past like me? Why did I fail yesterday? Why do I struggle with depression and low self-esteem? I want to turn to God, turn the page in the book of my life, and see the opportunity of a new day. A new day in which I can be thankful and happy!

Can you imagine being able to send letters to heaven? Who would you write to? What would you like to learn about the other side of eternity? About the beauty and the peace that exists there? My heart has a longing to go there. I love to discuss the possibilities of heaven.

My wife is beautiful both her character and her physical presence. I am so blessed to have her and so undeserving that she loves me.

We had popcorn together as a family last night. It came to me as we were sitting there that when our children grow up and leave that this memory of popcorn with little children will be one I cherish. I am so thankful for the insight into what to do today to make pleasant memories for tomorrow.

Do you feel sick emotionally? Do you feel needy? Jesus came save those who are lost. He wants me to be dependant on Him. When I feel weak and sick then am I strong through Jesus.

It has caused my Saviour much pain and great sacrifice and untold ridicule and mockings to reach the place where He could forgive me. This all happened at the cross and it is at the cross that I am forgiven for my sins. Is it any wonder that it often takes great pain and sacrifice to forgive those around us when they hurt us? Do you think God intended for us to experience just a little of the sacrifice He made for us?

I am often told I am too serious and don’t smile enough. I would rather have it said “There goes a man in love with laughter.” I don’t mean I would love to laugh at people and their problems or that I would love laughter more than I love God or my family but that I would not take life too seriously because no one gets out of it alive!

It is totally unfair the bonds that my wife and children have wrapped around me. It is called a bond of love. When they smile pleasantly and say “Please” my heart melts and I have no choice but to give them what they want. Of course I am exaggerating with the previous sentences, often I am too selfish and sometimes they ask for things they should not have. However, I rejoice on the days that my heart feels at peace with them and I have tender thoughts towards them.

It’s crazy, but I really am dependant on my wife. She is my stability. She gives me a reason to live. She gives me a reason to love and to do good. How can I ever accept the responsibility of loving her back? I fail so often but I am deeply grateful for the partnership we have.

Someone asked me the question today – If you had your earthly things taken away from you would you still be you? Would you still trust God? Would you still love? Or would you be bitter? I want to be deeply thankful for what we have been given and realize it is a gift. Also if God chooses to take it away, surely He can provide some other way.

I have been given a feast of love today. My children are happy, my wife loves me, we have money to survive, I have joy in my heart. Why am I sometimes tempted to think negative? So many have it worse then me; they have marriage problems, they are hungry, they have wars in their countries and so on. I have been feasting and, thankfully,  I have enough to share with others.