Welcome
to the November Edition of the 2013 Christ United Methodist Church Women’s
Ministry Daily Devotional. God asked us to share our stories of finding Him
through grateful hearts, which inspired us to put together this “Living a Life
of Gratitude” daily devotional. Since January 1st, we have been
guided to live our lives learning how to find something to be grateful to God for
each day. Some days we have been blessed and inspired by stories from many of
the faithful women in our congregation, other days the entry has simply been a
scripture about being grateful. We have also had days that the devotion was a
creative idea one of our members has shared to help them be thankful or a book
recommendation that has motivated them. Other days the words from well-known
authors and saints as well as hymns have blessed and guided us.
Each
day this month we hope you will begin to look forward to reading the entries as
an addition to your faith journey and that it will inspire you to find endless
ways of seeing just how good the Lord really is and how much He loves each one
of us.
If
you are just beginning this journey of thankfulness and wish you could read
some of the back entries from January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and
October you are in luck. There are no more printed versions of the devotionals,
but you can see all the entries when you visit our “Living a Life of Gratitude
Daily Devotional” blog.
Go
to Gratitudedevotional.blogspot.com. You
then have the capability to “scroll back in time” to read all the entries from
day one. You can also receive these same daily devotions directly to your email
by entering your email address in the designated spot on the blog. After your
initial entry, the devotionals come directly to your email.
If
you would like to submit an entry for next months issue, we would love to
include you as part of this ministry. Your entry needs to begin with a
scripture that has inspired your thoughts, then a paragraph or two in your own
words telling your story of thanksgiving. You can submit your entry by dropping
it by the church office (Attn: Women’s Ministry Devotional) or by emailing it
to cre8dzins@comcast.net. We look forward to reading about how God has
blessed you!
Pass
this information along to your friends who might need or enjoy daily
inspiration from women right here at Christ United Methodist Church.
CUMC Women’s Ministry
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with
abundance.” Psalm 65:11
“It
has been an annual tradition since 1863, when, during the Civil War, President
Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of ‘Thanksgiving and Praise to our
beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens’, to be celebrated on the fourth
Thursday of the month of November…The event that Americans commonly call the
‘First Thanksgiving’ was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest
in the New World in 1621. This feast lasted three days, and was attended by
about 53 Pilgrims and 90 American Indians. The New England colonists were
accustomed to regularly celebrating ‘thanksgiving’—days of prayer thanking God
for the blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought.”
(Wikipedia, 2013)
This
month, to celebrate our “Thanksgiving” to God for our bounty of blessings, our
entries include daily devotions expressing our gratitude to or for individuals,
as well as lists of “thank you notes” to our God and to each other. Today’s
entry begins that list which will continue intermittently throughout the month.
Enjoy!
CUMC Women’s Ministry
“Thank You Notes”…
• We thank you, Jesus, for taking our place on the
cross.
• Billie Phifer is appreciated because she invites
others to the different events and projects of the church
• Becky Hall is appreciated for setting an example
of servant-hood in the name of Christ.
• Edith Lester is thankful to be getting to go on a
Cathy Turner trip to New York City!
• Jennie Hobbs is
grateful to be included in this devotional ministry.
• Red Dueker is
appreciated for her many years of committed service to Wednesday night meal
planning and organization of the various Bethlehem Center/Elmcroft parties and
crafts.
• Vicki Boring is
thankful for the youth in our church who give her faith that God’s message will
be passed on to future generations.
• Carrie Sandidge is appreciated for the quiet way
she accomplishes organizing the ministries at the church.
to be continued…
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