Sunday, March 2, 2008

be thankful...

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

God calls us to be thankful for everything He has blessed us with...sometimes it's easy to be thankful..."Thanks, God, for the raise at work.", "Thanks, God, for the sweet new car." Sometimes it's not so easy...how do you find something to be thankful for when a loved one dies? How can you be thankful when you unexpectedly lose a job? How do you give thanks when you can't afford food to put on your family's table? You can give thanks knowing that God is in control...he won't give you anything more than you can bear, you can give thanks knowing that you are learning something that God wants you to learn...verse 17 of that same chapter says, "And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father." We are representatives of Jesus! We should definately be thankful for that.

Speaking of things that I'm thankful for...I'm thankful that God made it so that cat pee glows under black light...Joyful and I took advantage of the beautiful weather yesterday to open up the house, rent a Rug Doctor, and clean the heck out of all our carpets. I'm also thankful that the State of Nebraska passed a state-wide smoking ban. Normally I wouldn't be thankful for that, because I think that individual businesses should have the right to decide whether or not they allow smoking based on what their customers want, but I'm happy because it looks like the state-wide ban might (hopefully will) supercede Lincoln's ban. Nebraska's ban has an exemption for tobacco shops, and Lincoln's doesn't. So if the Nebraska ban supercedes the Lincoln one, we'll be able to legally smoke inside Ted's! That would be sweet...but seriously, even if you don't like cigars, how dumb is it that you can't smoke inside a tobacco shop? Who do they think they're protecting? If you work in a tobacco shop, clearly you're okay with tobacco and smoke.

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