Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

May the Lord bless you,

and keep you;

the Lord make His face shine upon you,

and be gracious to you;

the Lord lift up His continence upon you,

and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24-26

Happy Thanksgiving!!

   

              
  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
                  ...Just thought y'all should know... Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday.  ;)

  
  For Your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in Your faithfulness.
  ...I wash my hands in innocence and go around Your alter, O Lord, proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all Your wondrous deeds.
  ...But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;  redeem me, and be gracious to me.
                                                                              Psalm 26:3,7,12

                   

Thanksgiving blessings

  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

 

  May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face to shine upon us,

     Selah

that Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power among all nations.
  Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.  Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.

     Selah

           

  Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.  The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us.

  May God continue to bless us; let all the ends of the earth revere Him. 

                                                                                              Psalm 67

~Happy Thanksgiving~

  Come and see what God has done:
        He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of man.
                                                                Psalm 66:5

 

 

  Bless our God,
                          O peoples;
let the sound of His praise be heard.
                                                                     Psalm 66:8

  

 

  One thing God has spoken;
                        two things I have heard;
       that You, O God, are strong,
          and that You, O Lord, are loving.
                 For You will render to a man according to his work.

                                                                               Psalm 62:11-12

 

  Come and hear,
         all you who fear God,
and I will tell you what He has done
                                   for my soul.
                                                               Psalm 66:16

  

Easy Pumpkin Pie -- in case you can't wait for a "real" pie, like me... :P

  Ok, so I really eat pumpkin-pie-spiced pumpkin all year long...  :P  But sometimes you just need a quick real version of pumpkin pie, with a crust and everything.  :)  So I thought I'd share the 'recipe' I made up to fix my occasional 'real' pumpkin pie craving.

  Enjoy!  And leave a comment to let me know if you try it out.  :)


  Recipe:

     -Crust-
1/2 cup   rice flour  (or regular flour)
1/4 cup   baking Stevia or sugar  (or 1/2 to 3/4 tsp. powdered Stevia)
1/2 tsp.   salt
sprinkle   cinnamon  (optional)
1 Tbsp.   rolled oats  (optional)
1 to 2 tsp.   coconut oil, or butter, melted
2 to 3 Tbsp.   almond, rice, coconut, or other milk
   Mix flour, Stevia, salt (and cinnamon/oats if desired) together.  Add melted coconut oil, mix well into flour mixture.  Add milk, starting with 2 Tbsp. and adding more as needed to get a crust-like texture.  Press crust gently to bottom and edges of bowl (using the back of a floured spoon or your fingers); crust may not come all the way up the edges of the bowl.
  Place crust in freezer for a few minutes, until hardened.

     -Filling-
1 cup   canned pumpkin, unsweetened
1/4 cup   baking Stevia or sugar  (or 1/2 to 3/4 tsp. powdered Stevia)
1/4 tsp.   salt
dash   nutmeg
lg. dash   ground ginger
sprinkle   allspice, or ground cloves
1/2 to 1 tsp.   cinnamon
1/2 cup   almond, rice, coconut, or other milk
1 Tbsp.   raisins  (optional)

  Mix pumpkin, Stevia, salt, and spices. (and raisins if desired)  Add milk and mix well.

  Spoon pumpkin into crust, and enjoy immediately.  :)  Top with whipped cream or Rice Whip if you like.

  (For a different, baked version:  Make sure you're using a bowl that can be heated.  If baking, try adding a Tbsp. or so of hulled millet (NOT millet flour) for a fun texture, before pressing crust to edges of bowl and baking.  Bake crust lightly [instead of putting it into the freezer] at 325 for a few minutes, until golden.
  Add 1 egg to pumpkin mix, and adjust milk to 1 to 2 Tbsp. then bake until toothpick inserted off-center comes out clean.)

 (this isn't my picture -- it just might look something like this when baked. :) )

the Thanksgiving Proclamation

Happy Thanksgiving!


May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.
...Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us.  God will bless us, and the ends of the earth will fear Him.

                                                                   Psalm 67:4,6,7

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Thanksgiving Proclamation

 

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

George Washington

Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789.

 

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"Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King;
His love endures forever!
For He is good, He is above all things;
His love endures forever.

...Forever God is faithful,
forever God is strong.
Forever He is with us--
Forever and ever!

With a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm,
His love endures forever.
And by His strength we will carry on;
His love endures forever.

...Forever God is faithful...
Forever and ever!"
                                                               (--Chris Tomlin, Forever)

Happy Thanksgiving!

                     A very happy Thanksgiving to you all!
     
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he that made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, bless his name.
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
                                                          Psalm 100