Jenny's Heart

30 days of blessings posted, 30 days of being reminded by God of what is important, 30 days of happiness. This is the last post of the month and what a way to end it. I was blessed to win a treat! Melissa at Overwhelmed By His Blessings  had a $25.00 Burger King gift card give away and I was the winner! Wow I could not believe it. It is such a blessing;  we get a lunch or dinner out, and for us that is a big deal, we rarely eat out anywhere, we hope to find a day we can take Colby and Shelby with us for a special day. Thank You so much Melissa! You made my day. This month I have been Overwhelmed by His Blessings too :)

I can't believe this month is almost gone! I have only one more day of blessings to post, when I started this I was just hoping I would remember to post everyday :) Well I have missed a few, but posted 2 the next day to keep on track.um mm yeah like today :) Everyday I have asked God to reveal to me what my blessing for today is and everyday this month He has led me to something or someone to be blessed by. Image from Google search I was prompted by God to do this, the 1st day of November I was sitting here trying to decide what to post and I asked God for wisdom. Blessings and gratitude are what He wanted me to post, so I did. It has been good for me. It has been calming and has revealed much to me this month. We often have the tendency to become downtrodden in our struggles and trials, but there are great blessings in those too as I hope I have revealed and learned this month. My blessing today as I reflect upon this last month is that I am happier than I was a month ago. I...

Today dear ones, I am blessed to have so many people to pray for! I was in my kitchen getting some popcorn out of the cabinet to make me a bowl, on the cabinet that holds the kernels of corn 2 red ribbons are tied to the handle, the ribbons are off a bag of popcorn Marcia sent to me with the gift card she sent when I was the winner of her White Christmas in July party. When I took the ribbons off the bag I tied them on the cabinet handle to remind me of Marcia. ..and it's cute and they match my kitchen :) Often when I touch them I say a prayer for her. I do that with all sorts of things I have been given, when I scrap with paper Aymee sent me I say a prayer for her, when I pull out an embellishment form an envelope or matchbox swap I think of Donna or Kim and say a prayer, when I see my little pompom chicks or my fall pixie, I pray for Elizabeth, when I see the rabbit on my desk I thank God for Angela, whenever I see the color Tiffany Blue Trisha is who I think of and pray for, w...

Today my friends, I have been blessed with the gift of time. I had time today to have breakfast with Lee, to take a nap and read a book, watch a football game, cook and enjoy supper with Lee, blog here and visit many others. A simple day. Filled with simple pleasures. Which I am blessed to enjoy and take comfort in. Thank You Lord for this day, I am blessed yet again by your grace. My mom made our stockings, mine was made so long ago I was just a kid,at least 25 years ago if not longer.  Lee's was made 15 years ago in "Cowboys" colors...I know sheesh, but that is what he wanted and that is what she made. We don't have a fireplace and the shelf we used to use broke, so we are using command strips on the grandfather clock. It works for us :) Merry Christmas

Hey Y'all Happy Pink Saturday to ya. Be sure to stop in and visit Beverly and all the other pinkies at Beverly's blog How Sweet The Sound I crashed yesterday! I never even got online, I came home from working "BLACK FRIDAY" and went right to bed. I slept 12 solid hours! Well I had been up for almost 48 hours so I am not surprised. SO my blessing for yesterday was that I was blessed to have a decent day at work. Black Friday is a rough day for everyone who works retail! I was running a register most of my shift and helping customers and my co-workers, I got cussed at only twice and only had about 15 people with really bad attitudes. Not too bad for the busiest shopping day of the year. So I was blessed, it was not too bad on me and at 8am when I got off I went to breakfast with my friend Julie and we had a nice relaxing time. For my blessing today I have to share with you the women in my life. My sisters. I am blessed to be the oldest of our clan. I am the bi...

     HAPPY THANKSGIVING! You are my blessing today! The fact that you are here reading this and maybe leaving a comment blesses me beyond words. Please know that I care about you and you bring me joy. Know that God loves you so much and I do too. You are wonderful! May your day of thanks be filled with good food, good fellowship and loads of love. Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for today? See you tomorrow.

I am Blessed to have had the last 2 days off, the next 2 are gonna be a killer! I was blessed with the time to enjoy myself at home and get a few errands done today here in town. I took some of the time I was off to put up my Christmas Tree :)                                         DON"T GROAN! I work retail and I am working all weekend, so this way I get to enjoy it. Here is a peek. The last two years we did not really celebrate Christmas, it has been too depressing. This year I want to, Lee really doesn't but I hope he changes his mind. When I stopped working on the tree this morning, I prayed and I felt so good. I hope Jesus likes my display of Celebration for his Birthday. I am not done with it, but had other things to get done so I stopped for today.  I cannot imagine I will ha...

Today is a cool rainy day here in Virginia, how is your day shaping up? My blessing for today is one of humility. It's a bit of a story so be ready to read :) It started with Pie. Disclaimer...teehee this photo of Amanda at Thanksgiving last year has nothing to do with my story today, I just think it's funny, she was 8 months pregnant and the only one cutting pie :) That is her mom Jamie leaning to the right. Even more funny or sad depending on how you look at it, is that there were 6 more pies on the counter! OK here is my blessing . I have on occasion gone to a church in my neighborhood. Rock Church of Franklin, Virginia. The atmosphere, worship and pastors are great. The last time I went the greeter asked me to fill out a visitor card and I did. During the announcements the pastor reminded everyone of their Say Hi with a Pie event, they take a pie to a person in our city, just say hi and visit a minute. Well sad as I am I was hoping and praying we would be a home they wo...

Hello Friends! Ok that is so not me...lol Hey Y'all :) I am so glad you are here. Please leave a comment so I can come and visit you, just say hey, you don't have to write anything else, it'll give me a link back to you. I am blessed today by blogland! First I have seen so much talent and creativity, I love it all! Second I have been in search of a Christmas background and it had to be free... I have found tons of them that are great! BUT none that just screamed ME ME PICK ME...teehee SO while cruising around blogland this morning I visited Susie at 1st Floor Flat  she had "Retro Man" and I just had to have him :) She has all sorts of Free backgrounds and extras. Here is another one I really liked. Thank You Susie! Her blog  has halloween background, but don't let that scare you away, she has goodies galore. So I am blessed by an act of kindness. She does not have to spend time making these and offering them for our use, but she does and that m...

20 days of blessings counted so far. 20 posts in a row, which is a lot for me, I am not an everyday poster, so this has been a new challenge for me. A good one though. Today I have 2 blessings. First I have a friend at work,  I love her a bunch. She is a blessing to me and I am thankful to have her in my life. She surprised me with a gift this morning. I have a really hard time with my hands in winter weather, they crack and split no matter how much lotion I use, she found a pair of Aloe infused gloves and gave them to me to try and help my poor hands. That was so kind and thoughtful of her. Thanks Julia, I am putting them on before I go to bed. Next, I am so glad we have TV preachers and TBN. Oh I know some of them are shall we say...extreme, but others...they are spot on, to me at least. This morning I was not able to make it to church, so I had the TV on and I had my pick of messages to choose from, so thank you Lord for calling some of these men to your ministry and...

I count among my many blessings all of my brother-in-laws. I have 5 all together. 3 are my sister's husband's and 2 are my husband's brother's. They are all good men whom I love dearly. I could call any of them and they would be there for me in a minute. Most all of them are Saved by God's grace and I take comfort in knowing we will spend eternity together.  The one's that aren't know all about Jesus, they have to come to him in their own time. We pray for them, well I pray for all of them all the time, but extra prayers for them. Steve is Beth's husband. He is holding Layden the day after he was born.  This is Jay, he is married to Joanne and the father of Colby and Shelby.  This photo was taken on the day of Laura's wedding, such a handsome pair :) This is Patrick, Laura's husband. This photo was last summer at mom and dad's house. This is Curtis and Angela Curtis is Lee's younger brother. I don't have a photo on my comp...

Counting my blessings again today. My blessing today and everyday are my parents. They are 2 of the greatest people on earth. They love us all so much, and they love each other. They have been married 42 years, are Christians,have had 6 children, and a successful business,are the prayer team leaders of their church, had hard times, good times and everything in between. They are great examples to us all and we all love them very much. I could go on for days about them; so let me just say... I am blessed CRAZY blessed to be their daughter. I LOVE YOU BOTH VERY, VERY MUCH.

Blessings Abound! God is so good to us, we are blessed beyond measure to be His children. Jesus loves us all so much. What happened today that is so special? Not a thing, it is just another ordinary day. Another day we struggle to make it through but; Another day I am thankful have with family and friends. I love that I can come here and "talk Jesus".  Some like it and some do not. Well that is OK, because God loves us all the same.  I am gonna praise the Lord at every chance I get :) One week until Thanksgiving, are you getting ready? What are you thankful for this year? So today I am blessed to have another day, a husband who loves me, a roof over my head, food in my belly, heat to keep the chill away, doctors to help my husband, a wonderful family, blog friends that I adore and a God who loves me and loves you more than we can imagine.

Counting my blessings has been so good for me. Thank You Lord for leading me everyday. Today He has led me to Angela.  My sister-in-love. She is married to Curtis, Lee's brother. The day I met her 4 years ago was the day we were leaving Arkansas (where they live) to go to Texas for Lee's Mother's burial. You could not have picked a harder time to meet. We clicked as soon as we met and have loved each other every minute since :) Let me tell you, I am BLESSED beyond measure to have her in my life. Her Faith amazes me. Her love is unconditional and her heart is as big as all outdoors. She gave me another niece and nephew. . In their family we have Blair, (Curtis' daughter)  Kameron,and Alana.(Angela's kiddos) (I am missing a photo of Blair on my computer)                                     ...

Today I am blessed by my little fur baby. We can't have children, so we have Cody. He is really Lee's dog, he adopted him from a shelter for my Christmas gift 6 years ago, Cody likes me, but he ADORES Lee. He will sit on the couch and snuggle up to Lee and gaze up at him. It is so silly. My little pup in my Hosta bed. His hair IS out of his eyes now :) He is terrified of plastic bags and cardboard boxes. Why? We have no idea. He loves to chase a ball inside, but will not chase a ball outside. He likes pickles and cabbage. He hates to be left alone. We love him and we thank God he blessed us with the little guy. He brings us joy everyday.

My favorite Blessings are my nephews and nieces. This one here is my Squirt. I held him when he was 30 minutes old and it was love at first sight. He has held my heart ever since. I called him little squirt that minute; he was "little squirt" until he told me he was not little anymore, he was about 5 when that happened, he is now  7.  So from then on  it is just "squirt" :) This is us last Thanksgiving making his Christmas List. We do it together after dinner at "pie time". He has such a heart for Jesus. I pray he always will. One night during his prayers he prayed that his cousin "baby nugget" (other wise known as Layden) "Would grow up to be a strong man of God." That took my breath away. I love you with all my heart Squirt, may you always know that . May you always walk with God. I love you infinity + 1. You are my blessing everyday. I thank you Lord for giving him to us. Blessing.

A day late but a blessing still. Today I was blessed by the Food bank of Southeastern Virginia. Thank You and Thank God for helping us. We are humbled and we are blessed. God truly does provide for our every need. Thank You Lord!

Today I am blessed to be able to spend it with you. God has blessed us with another Pink Saturday with Beverly. For my Pink today I made these little lollipops. I made them as part of my gift for a baby shower. Chrissy is the mama she is a lovely lady I work with. I could not find any baby washcloths that were solid colors, the only ones my store had have polka dots and stripes, not nearly as cute, the last ones I did were blue and white very cute these not so much, but they still turned out ok. What a blessing this little baby boy will be to his family, he has 2 sisters and a mama and daddy who are waiting for him. He is due to arrive at the beginning of January. I can't wait to meet him.

Today I am blessed to be the grand daughter of a WWII Veteran. My grandaddy served in the Army in the Pacific Theater. He was a medic and saw things I can not even imagine. So today I am thankful for all Veterans, My dad was drafted for Vietnam and served in the Army National Guard. My Father In Law was career Army and served in the Korean War.  My husband served in the Navy and was on his ship in the Gulf during the Beirut conflict. I am thankful they all fought for us and for the freedom of those who are oppressed in other countries. I am blessed by these men in my life. Thank You to all who serve and who have served our country. You are a blessing to me.

I am blessed to have the ability to read. I LOVE to read.  My love of reading began when I was very young, my mom tells of me coming home from school in 1st grade and sitting her down to read to her. I remember when I was small (under 10)  we ALWAYS had a bedtime yes even in summer WHEN IT IS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE! Talk about torture!  Well my mom and dad did have 5 kids and they needed a break at night :) at any rate, my mom told me I had to go to bed but I did not have to go to sleep, I could read until it got dark. What a world was opened to me then. I read Freckle Juice and The Hardy Boys, Fudge, The Wizard of Oz and The Secret Garden and my favorite was always Nancy Drew! My love of reading continues today. I just finished reading this book, oh my it was wonderful, I loved it!                              ...

Today I am blessed to have Leigh in my life. She is my best friend. She is also my cousin though we may as well be sisters. I got a card she sent me in the mail today. It was just what I needed. She is a wonderful woman with a kind heart and lovely laugh. We have known each other all her life. I miss her since we don't live as close as we once did. This is Leigh and her husband James. I am blessed to know her and will be thankful for her all the days of my life. Love you!

Hey Y'all. Today and I blessed to live in a country that gives me the right to vote! I am thankful that I have the ability and privilege to vote in any election in my city and state. I went today to the little box and cast my votes. I know in this day and age a lot of people think that one vote won't matter. I still think it does, so I cast mine every chance I get. Thank You Lord for giving me parents who taught me the responsibility of being an informed and involved citizen. Have you voted  in your area today?

I almost missed today. I have worked 6 days in a row, I came in this morning and crashed! I slept all day! So today I am thankful for and blessed by rest. God set aside one day a week for us to rest. Our bodies need to be still from a week of work. Image from internet search ...And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it... Genisis 1:2-3. We forget that sometime don't we. So today I am blessed to be rested. Thankful for a husband who knows I need to rest.

Today I am thankful for my husband. Lee is a good man and I love him so much. The other day we were talking about how we met. We both remember the day exactly. 16 years together 15 years married. Things are tough for us right now, and they have been for a few years now, BUT through all this mess God had brought us so much closer together. Lee will be the first to tell you that we are stronger as a team. I could write about him all day, but I won't :) So today I am thanking God for bringing us together and blessing me with a man who loves me just as I am. I love you....Always.

Hello All, How are you today? I am loving the cool weather we are having here in Virginia. FINALLY! I am NOT a summer girl at all I love the fall and winter. You know since I started on the 1st counting my blessings everyday, I have felt so peaceful even with some of the really hard times in life we are having, I really do have that "peace that passes all understanding" the Bible talks about. Today I am thankful for Beverly at How Sweet The Sound . I am blessed by Beverly because she had the idea to host a weekly party called Pink Saturday. About a year or so ago I stumbled onto her site and loved all the fun found there. In fact one of the reasons I started my blog was to participate.  I have met so many wonderful women through her idea. I love all the creativity I find there. I look forward to it every week and when I come home on Saturday mornings I get my drink and settle in to head there and start checking out all the wonderful things that  everyone decides to...

It really is better to give than to receive. Oh don't get me wrong, I love to be the recipient too :) But there is such a good feeling that comes from making some one else feel special. Jesus does that for me. He gave the greatest gift of all. He gave himself for you and for me. I forget that sometimes. I have been blessed to have been given some great gifts by some great bloggers this year, I have made new friends all over the USA. I have had such a good time getting to know some very talented and creative women. I know my little give away is small, I wish it could be so much more, but I hope the person who gets it is made to feel special. You still have time if you would like a chance, I will pick a "winner" tomorrow morning when  I get home from work. Just leave a comment here letting me know you would like to win it or on my October 29th Pink Saturday post. I hope you have a great day.

Today I am blessed, because I have a job. I work for the worlds largest retailer, you know the one everyone hates, but everyone goes to...  the one Sam Walton started. I am a Customer Service Supervisor, so my job is loads of fun! (insert sarcasm) I am thankful to God that I am employed. I am glad it is in a place I have made friends and have met many people of great Faith. We talk about Jesus often and I love that I can do that. Oh don't get me wrong if I could find a job out of retail, I would be gone in a second. But for now, this is where God put me, so this is where I am thankful to be.

Today I am thankful and blessed. I am thankful today that I am saved by grace. I love knowing Jesus as my savior. Image from google I love the knowledge that no matter what He is there for me. My dad told me once that when times are so tough, if you just imagine sitting with Jesus and talking to Him it will get better. I often picture in my minds eye sitting on the beach with Jesus on my right and my dad on my left and my husband behind me. He holds my hand, sometimes He holds me and just listens. Sometimes we just watch the waves. It comforts me and refreshes me beyond all words. I am Blessed to live in a country where I can freely practice my Christian faith, without fear. I love my Jesus, My God, My Holy Spirit. My 4 year old niece said it best "Jesus is my favorite." If you need Him and think you can't find Him, just look into your heart, you will find Him waiting there for you. Thank You Jesus for loving me.

For the month of November, I am inspired to count my blessings. I am gonna try to post my blessings and thankfulness every day this month. The song from White Christmas comes to mind.. "...I fall asleep counting my blessings..." Today is a hard day for me, so I am gonna try to turn that around by counting the good and not dwelling on the hard. I am Thankful today for getting to spend last night with my family. We took the kids out and had such a good time. Mickey Mouse and Waluigi. They were so excited and had such a good time. All the grown ups did too. we had good food, a great walk around the neighborhood, happy smiles and sugar highs. How can one not be blessed and thankful for that. Thank You Father for my family. I love and adore each of them. Thank You Father for each person reading this too. Let them all know they are loved by You .