Musings and Nuggets

 TURKEY DAY?? Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, will be obseved in most homes in the United States and Canada as a national holiday.   The first Thanksgiving in 1621 is recorded as an event to "give thanks" for the previous year's harvest with colonists and Native Americans.  Oddly enough, turkey was not even on the menu.  There are also a few other countries like Brazil and Japan that have their own version of Thanksgiving.   The first Americans, Native Americans, the ones to whom this land was home and originally belonged, will not be celebrating because it is an affront to them as a people. They have observed the month of November as  National Native American Heritage Month (since 1994) to acknowlege and celebrate the contributions of these first Americans to the growth an establishment of this country. For those of us who are Believers, every day should be a day of thanksgiving to express our gratitude for all of the blessings and benefits of serving our Lord.  Psalm 116:12

SOMEBODY IS WATCHING YOU!! 👀 "..but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.                            1Timothy 4:12 (NKJV) Some years ago, while I was in a business establishment, a man (whom I did not know) approached me (not in a threatening way) to ask 3 questions.  They were a confirmation of my last name, the name of the church I attended, and whether a particular person (whom he named) also attended the same church.  I answered his questions,  but after that unusual exchange, I had a question for him.  "Do I know you? "  Before turning and walking away, he said,  "No, but I know you!"  I have no idea as to why he was so cryptic. The lesson in this scenario was and still is that we must be authentic in living out our faith, not just on Sunday or around certain people, but always.  Of course, we all make mistakes and don't always live 100% up to what Christ asks of those "who are called by His

                                         Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash Sometimes it is good to just stop and take inventory of how dedicated and consistent we are in living out our commitment to the Lord.   I did not write this, nor do I know the name of the author, but may it encourage personal reflection.  ? ? ? ? ? The “What If’s” What if... GOD couldn’t take the time to bless us today because we couldn’t take the time to thank Him yesterday? What if... GOD decided to stop leading us tomorrow because we didn’t  follow Him today? What if… we never saw another flower bloom because we grumbled when God sent the rain? What if … GOD didn’t walk with us today because we failed to recognize it as His day? What if … God took away the Bible tomorrow because we wouldn’t read it today? What if … God took away His message because we failed to listen to His messenger? What if … God didn’t send His only begotten Son because He wanted us to be prepared to pay the price for sin? What is … the doo

  SAID I WASN’T GONNA TO TELL NOBODY…..! Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash *Oh, give thanks unto the Lord!  Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!   Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of His wondrous works!   Psalms 105:1  *And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows it.”  But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country.  Matthew 9:30, 31 It’s hard to keep good news to ourselves, yet in this scripture, Jesus admonished the two blind men whose sight He restored to not tell anybody, but they just couldn’t keep it to themselves.  They had so much gratitude that they told everybody! Our first scripture reminds us to share with others what the Lord has done for us.  When we are obedient in doing that,  it's like being a PR person for the Lord.  Since He is no respecter of persons (Romans 2:11) , it lets others know that “if He did it for me,