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Nov. 23rd, 2012 12:27 pmThis one started (!) by my very favorite Mumsie, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mumstheword54:
"Giving Thanks"
Whether we're still elated or heartbroken over this year's elections; overworked or under-employed; at the peak of our health or battling physical problems -- whatever our circumstances, we have so much to be thankful for, and we need sometimes to stop and count our many blessings, then send a grateful prayer heavenward to the Lord, from whom all blessings flow.
So reply to this post, and I'll give you a letter. You may reply here and/or start your own LJ post, listing AT LEAST five things for which you are grateful.
My letter is R:
1. REDEMPTION. One of the things I've gleaned from SPN is that that universe, as messed up as it is, is a great look at what the Primary World would be like without the grace of a God who keeps His promises and has willingly paid the debt that we could never pay. We don't have to save ourselves, and we don't have to face the impossible task of trying to earn Heaven.
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail!
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!
Now there's something to sing about! :D
2. RIGHTS. Namely that while we might quibble over them and might not always see them correctly, at least Americans recognize that people have inherent, basic, unalienable rights and that the government's job is not to grant them but to protect them. I am beyond blessed to be an American woman with a Ph.D., a driver's license, and a voter registration card; there are way too many people in this world who'd gladly kill me for such transgressions of what they think womanhood should be. (Which is why I'm hoping to add a concealed handgun license to the list sooner than later! The Second Amendment guarantees the First, after all....)
3. RONALDUS MAGNUS. My favorite President, I think. Not only did he do a lot of good while he was in office and articulate a lot of policy ideas that I agree with, he had a great sense of humor and seemed to be a genuinely nice man. And he wasn't a bad actor, either! I haven't seen all of his movies, but I've enjoyed the ones I have seen--two of which (The Santa Fe Trail and Desperate Journey) co-starred Errol Flynn.
4. RGIII. A Heisman winner from Baylor--whodathunk?!
5. REST. Nothing like a series of panic attacks to remind you why you prefer freelancing, with all its risks, to an inflexible, overstuffed schedule....
I could go on, but I think I'll leave it there to let y'all have a go. :D
ETA: This doesn't start with an R, but it's good news all the same: C.S. Lewis is about to get a memorial in the Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey! Now, if they'd only do the same for Tolkien....
mumstheword54:"Giving Thanks"
Whether we're still elated or heartbroken over this year's elections; overworked or under-employed; at the peak of our health or battling physical problems -- whatever our circumstances, we have so much to be thankful for, and we need sometimes to stop and count our many blessings, then send a grateful prayer heavenward to the Lord, from whom all blessings flow.
So reply to this post, and I'll give you a letter. You may reply here and/or start your own LJ post, listing AT LEAST five things for which you are grateful.
My letter is R:
1. REDEMPTION. One of the things I've gleaned from SPN is that that universe, as messed up as it is, is a great look at what the Primary World would be like without the grace of a God who keeps His promises and has willingly paid the debt that we could never pay. We don't have to save ourselves, and we don't have to face the impossible task of trying to earn Heaven.
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail!
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!
Now there's something to sing about! :D
2. RIGHTS. Namely that while we might quibble over them and might not always see them correctly, at least Americans recognize that people have inherent, basic, unalienable rights and that the government's job is not to grant them but to protect them. I am beyond blessed to be an American woman with a Ph.D., a driver's license, and a voter registration card; there are way too many people in this world who'd gladly kill me for such transgressions of what they think womanhood should be. (Which is why I'm hoping to add a concealed handgun license to the list sooner than later! The Second Amendment guarantees the First, after all....)
3. RONALDUS MAGNUS. My favorite President, I think. Not only did he do a lot of good while he was in office and articulate a lot of policy ideas that I agree with, he had a great sense of humor and seemed to be a genuinely nice man. And he wasn't a bad actor, either! I haven't seen all of his movies, but I've enjoyed the ones I have seen--two of which (The Santa Fe Trail and Desperate Journey) co-starred Errol Flynn.
4. RGIII. A Heisman winner from Baylor--whodathunk?!
5. REST. Nothing like a series of panic attacks to remind you why you prefer freelancing, with all its risks, to an inflexible, overstuffed schedule....
I could go on, but I think I'll leave it there to let y'all have a go. :D
ETA: This doesn't start with an R, but it's good news all the same: C.S. Lewis is about to get a memorial in the Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey! Now, if they'd only do the same for Tolkien....
