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Giving Thanks

I know I skipped a few days, I'm sorry. With the Thanksgiving holiday, I found myself quite busy. I actually did think of a daily prayer I wanted to post, but then I was worried that the words wouldn't be quite right. So today, my prayer for our children is two fold. First is to be Thankful. Second, it is to see the bigger world around them and how they can make a difference. 

If your friends with me on Facebook, you see that I often times post or share photos from the Jessie Rees Foundation. Which was started by a 12 year old girl who was dying from cancer. Her mission? Spread joy and encourage others to Never Ever Give Up. Creating the term NEGU. I encourage you to take a look at this foundation as for some reason, it really reached out and touched my heart like nothing else.

The 'home office' is called the Joy Factory and volunteers can come near he help stuff Joy Jars, which are then sent to kids everywhere battling cancer. It's quite amazing. The Joy Factory is located about an hour and a half away from where we live and I am so excited that the kids and I get to go and be a part of something so amazing. They have reached out to many sick kids here in our own community.

Christmas coming up and I simply want my children to see that there is more to Christmas than simply gifts- which they already know. Each one of my Littles knows we celebrate Christmas to remember the birth of our Savior. But I also want them to experience first hand what it is like to love, care for and serve others. What better way than to stuff Joy Jars. Please take a moment to look at the Jessie Rees Foundation. 

Also, if you every have something that I can pray for you for, it's as simple as commenting below, emailing me, messaging me on Facebook. <3 

Have a fabulous day. 

Dear Lord, today I pray for our children. Thank you for each one, each individual one that you knew even before we did as mothers. They are each fearfully and wonderfully made and made in your image. I pray that as their mother, I can instill in them a heart of thankfulness, and compassion. That I would be able to lead them by example and teach them about loving and serving others. As we go through this season where it is very easy to think only of ourselves and our wants, I pray that our children learn to think of others and how they can serve others and be thankful for what they have. I ask all these things in your precious name, Amen 

The license plate on Jessie Rees' sister's car. <3

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