What are you Thankful for?

We are coming up on Thanksgiving week. I must confess, from a personal standpoint, I am so thankful to have next week off. I look forward to spending valuable time with family!

This Sunday is our Thanksgiving potluck at church. It is always a special time eating together and sharing testimonies about what God has done in our lives and in our church family throughout the year. I trust that you are already thinking about these things so that you can come prepared to glorify our faithful Lord.

Last year, about this time, I was praying for the salvation of a man that I had become friends with through work. We had also spent a week together last October looking for meat to fill the freezer. As I think about it now, I know that there have been many times that my testimony has been poor. I know that he has seen me sin. In fact, there have been a few times that I have needed to go to him to ask forgiveness. In spite of that, this Thanksgiving, I can praise the Lord for his salvation! The last six months have been a wonderful time of watching the Holy Spirit work in his life.
Last night, while I was at the station, he called me so that we could share prayer requests. I would say "what a difference a year makes" but that wouldn't be the whole story. Rather,

"What a difference our God makes!"

I look forward to hearing from the rest of you this Sunday...

What a Couple!

No, the title does not refer to Kurt and his deer but to Kurt and his dear. Maureen may have gotten her buck first but Kurt is not to be outdone! What a great bow season our church family is having this year. You know what this means for our church potlucks!

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Proverbs 31

My wife tells me when we are running low on venison and I have to go out and fetch some.
Kurt's wife fetches it herself!

¹⁰Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ¹¹The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. ¹²She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life... ¹⁵She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household...¹⁷She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Way to go Maureen!

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I Corinthians 9:27 (Totally out of Context)

We had a great time as a church family last night at our Chili cook off and Pumpkin dessert contest! I never received a count on how many were there but the night was well attended. Thanks go to Don and Pam for opening up their home, decorating, providing a great bonfire, and taking the group on hay rack rides. The facilities were wonderful with plenty of room inside for people to eat and visit in a warm dry place. There were so many people to visit with, so much chili, and so many pumpkin desserts that I never even had the chance to play a game of ping pong. Every time I walked by the game room though I could see that it was non-stop competition.

Speaking of competition, we had 14 different pots of chili on the table. I can't list the names of all the chili but we had quite an assortment - everything from white chili to pumpkin chili. Unofficially, #9 - Tailgator chili was my favorite. Officially, it came in third. Top honors went to Steve Carper with his Boilermaker chili. In fairness to Steve, I had tasted almost every other chili entered in the competition before I tried the Boilermaker. In fact, I didn't try it until I received word that it had won. You see, I gave it my best shot to eat half a cup of every chili entered. I kept this up until I had tasted ten of them. I then decided that rather than continuing to eat a sample of each, I'd just get a bowl of what I had liked the best. It was only after doing so that I found out #5 had won and I hadn't even tried it. Sacrificially, "I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection..." so I had a cup of Boilermaker.

I must confess, I didn't have much room left for pumpkin dessert. Yet I did have two pieces of Sara Moore's pumpkin dessert. I should have written down the name of the dessert so that I could share it here but I was too busy enjoying the taste to concern myself with names. Yes, she was the official first place entry.

Thanks to all who worked so faithfully to make this event a special evening. Your hard work was much appreciated!

The Bible Says...

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

And make me savoury meat, such as I love,

and bring it to me, that I may eat;

that my soul may bless thee...

Genesis 27:3-4

Have you ever randomly opened your Bible and placed your finger on a page to see what God had for you? Neither have I, I purposefully looked for these verses!

I know I posted these pictures earlier this week but Karen told me to keep this blog biblical.

Still Bow Season

Third post in three days! This morning the honors belonged to my station captain. Enjoy!

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Picture

Another one

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What a morning

Praise the Lord! Of course there is a story to go with this...

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Bow

One picture is never enough, we need to see the shooter too...

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It's Here

I can't help but acknowledge that hunting season is here. What a wonderful time of year. Bow season.

I have been out a few times enjoying the mild fall weather and the onset of the rut but I have not been successful in my harvest attempt. That will not prevent me from taking this opportunity to showcase the hunting prowess of my brother-in-law though!
Great job Chad,

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