Giver of Each Blessing

O Thou Giver of each blessing,

That Thy children here enjoy,

We would bring our humble tribute,

And our powers of praise employ;

Thou art good and Thou art gracious,

Full of mercy and of love,

Every perfect blessing cometh

Down from Thee in Heav’n above.

Thanks we give to Thee, our Father,

In the name of Christ, Thy Son,

For the bounties we are sharing—

Thou hast given every one.

Thou hast led us, Thou hast fed us,

Thou hast given homes so dear,

And the friends who freely love us,

Whose bright smiles our pathway cheer.

More than all we thank and praise Thee

For the Bible—precious boon—

For the boundless love unfolded

In the gift of Thy dear Son.

For the hope of life immortal—

That the blest shall live with Thee,

In the land where death comes never,

Through the vast eternity.

G. T. Wilson

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Psalm 106:1-2 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Evening Song - All That Thrills My Soul

2 Corinthians 4:5-7 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 

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Texas Memories - The Last Lingering Heat of Summer

November 2026 Writing and Journaling Challenge

 

Write a note to someone you love. Put a copy of it in your journal, if you are keeping one.

 

It's good to remember these things sometimes.

 

 

Free November journaling card. Click the download icon on the upper left (as of this publishing).

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Edited by Mary E. Stephens

Word of the Day: Ambassador

 

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Excerpts:

Ambassadour - ...A person sent in a publick manner from one sovereign power to another, and supposed to represent the power from which he is sent... [excerpt from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Joshua 9:3-6 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

An ambassador from any country is always conscious of the fact that he has a tremendous responsibility because he is the representative by whom his country is going to be judged. And to us is given the privilege and responsibility of being the representatives of the Son of God in this world. We stand for him, people judge him by what they see in us, and they are perfectly entitled to do so because we are the ones through whom and in whom he is glorified. Do we, I wonder, always realize this?

- Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Evening Song - Stepping In the Light

Psalm 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

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Texas Memories - The Bright Chicken Snacks

Pyracantha berries - loved by the chickens we used to have.