{"id":806,"date":"2011-11-29T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T00:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/?p=806"},"modified":"2011-11-28T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T15:58:45","slug":"thanksgiving-at-my-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/11\/thanksgiving-at-my-house.html","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving At My House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving is always a special time for us because we get to see some of our children and grandchildren.\u00a0 Both of our sons and their families were able to come this year, so we had\u00a0 a double blessing.\u00a0 We used to live\u00a0in a four bedroom house on a forty acre farm.\u00a0 We had a huge dining room and a table that would comfortably seat twelve people.\u00a0Everything on the table matched, from the dishes to the candles and napkins.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Three years ago we moved into a small two bedroom house with no dining room.\u00a0 We have a picture that hangs over the fireplace that says, “Our house may be a little house, but God knows where we live”.\u00a0 I think that is true.\u00a0 We may have to crowd around portable tables and use miss matched chairs, but we still are together.<\/p>\n

As you can see, my table isn’t picture perfect; with pop bottles and paper plates, but the feeling is the same as when we had nice dishes and candle light.\u00a0 Being together is wonderful.\u00a0 We still eat too much, laugh a lot and are thankful to God for all His blessings.\u00a0 Isn’t that what it’s all about?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Who cares if the dressing is a little dry or the turkey is over done?\u00a0 Does it really matter if all the silverware matches or the tablecloth is made of fine linen?\u00a0 Will the fellowship be sweeter if we wear fancy clothes instead of jeans?\u00a0 Our focus is God and family.\u00a0 We can have a wonderful time without all the frills.\u00a0 Frills and fancy things are nice and we did that for several years, but we are in a different place in our lives now.<\/p>\n

We have discovered that\u00a0 “warm, fuzzy” feeling\u00a0 is not about the decor around us, but rather the love that is within us.\u00a0 God is so good to us and we truly are blessed.\u00a0 We had an awesome Thanksgiving and hope you did too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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