#Singinganddancing by: Deborah Ard
Thanksgiving was always my grandmother’s favorite holiday and now it is one of my favorites too. I love watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. One Thanksgiving I was blessed to have the opportunity to travel to New York with the Summerville high School marking band for them to perform. It was a wonderful experience, but I must say it proved to be somewhat disappointing. Having always seen the parade on tv, we wanted to be sure to see everything, so we rushed to find our viewing spot at the beginning of the parade. But to our dismay, the singing and dancing performances are not done at the beginning of the parade, so we missed all of that.
Life is kind of like that isn’t it? We want other people to only see the singing and dancing and happy moments. Let’s face it, life is more than singing and dancing. But those other moments, the hard times, the everyday routine, and the busy madness are all the things that make the singing and dancing special.
So, this Thanksgiving I will reflect on the hard times, the everyday routine and the busy madness so that I can truly enjoy the singing and dancing. And I will be watching the parade.
“Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; Surely, I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken”. Psalm 16:5-8
#Wishbonedreams by: Julie Wicker
Thanksgiving for me brings many memories of family get togethers. Every year we would either travel to family or host family and friends to feast at our table. Mom and Dad would always cook a turkey. Dad would save the wish bone for my sister, Leaha and I to pull apart and make a wish. In the recent years I learned to cook a turkey myself and enjoyed passing that tradition onto my children.
Our days are filled with wishes and dreams for ourselves, our families and friends. Our heavenly father loves for us to daily pull on that wish bone called prayer and tell him what we are thankful for along with all the wishes and dreams that our hearts are filled with. Just like the wish bone, our prayers holding all our wishes and dreams will not always come true. We can pause and thank God for both answered and unanswered prayers and know that his timing is perfect.
Today I pray everyone takes time to thank our heavenly father for the good things he has provided. Thank him in advance for the good things to come. Go ahead and journal those wishes and dreams, so you can look back and give all the glory, honor, and praise when God answers in His way and His perfect timing.
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name” Psalm 100:4.

~Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving! We are in the process of prayerfully writing new content for the blog. We are looking forward to finishing 2018 strong & the New beginnings 2019 will bring! ~ Love, Water Walkers