Thanks giving

While the Thanksgiving holiday is an occasion for feasting, one must not forget the reason underlying the celebration. I thought I would share a few quotes that have inspired me. God bless and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Always Keep our lord and father close to your heart and pray often.

With All our Heart

"It’s so easy in life for us to receive blessings, many of them almost uncounted, and have things happen in our lives that can help change our lives, improve our lives, and bring the Spirit into our lives. But we sometimes take them for granted. How grateful we should be for the blessings that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings into our hearts and souls. I would remind all of you that if we’re ever going to show gratitude properly to our Heavenly Father, we should do it with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength—because it was He who gave us life and breath" (David B. Haight, "Were There Not Ten Cleansed?," Ensign, Nov 2002, 24

Gratitude = Humility

"Our society is afflicted by a spirit of thoughtless arrogance unbecoming those who have been so magnificently blessed. How grateful we should be for the bounties we enjoy. Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself in ugly egotism and frequently in wanton mischief....

"Where there is appreciation, there is courtesy, there is concern for the rights and property of others. Without appreciation, there is arrogance and evil.

"Where there is gratitude, there is humility, as opposed to pride" (Gordon B. Hinckley, "'With All Thy Getting Get Understanding'," Ensign, Aug 1988, 2–5

Gratitude through Prayer

"Prayer is an essential part of conveying appreciation to our Heavenly Father. He awaits our expressions of gratefulness each morning and night in sincere, simple prayer from our hearts for our many blessings, gifts, and talents.

"Through expression of prayerful gratitude and thanksgiving, we show our dependence upon a higher source of

 wisdom and knowledge—God the Father and his Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (Robert D. Hales, "Gratitude for the Goodness of God," Ensign, May 1992, 63

Hebrews 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Galatians 6:9
Do not get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.

“Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things.”Doctrine and Covenants 59:7 [D&C 59:7]

“The United States Post Office dead-letter department receives annually thousands and thousands of children’s pre-Christmas letters addressed to Santa Claus asking for things. After it was all over one year, a single, solitary letter thanking Santa Claus was received. Could this be one of the problems of this troubled world; that people think only of getting—not giving? Of receiving—and not even expressing their gratitude for that which they do receive?”Elder Thomas S. Monson

“Gratitude is deeper than thanks. Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist

 merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”

—President David O. McKay

“Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.”

—Doctrine and Covenants 89:11 [D&C 89:11]

On His way to Jerusalem Jesus passed through the lands of Galilee and Samaria, teaching as He went. One day as He approached the outskirts of a certain village, He met ten men who were lepers (persons having leprosy, a disease that disfigures the skin and body) who had been sent away from their families and friends because they were thought to be “unclean.” The townspeople also mistakenly supposed that leprosy was a very contagious disease.

The men saw the Savior coming and they called to Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” It hurt Jesus to see that the men had been so poorly treated because of their affliction, and He wanted to help them.

“Go [show] yourselves unto the priests,” Jesus told them. “And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed [or cured].”

When one of the men, a Samaritan, saw how miraculously his body had been healed, heturned back toward Jesus and shouted his

 praises to Heavenly Father for his recovery. Then the man came to kneel down at the feet of the Savior, and, with a bowed head, thanked Him sincerely for this miracle.

Jesus asked the Samaritan, “Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” Jesus was sad that only one out of the ten who were healed remembered to thank Heavenly Father for His mercy. However, Jesus was glad that the Samaritan understood the blessing and expressed hisgratitude. He said to him kindly, “Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole [well].”

Frank A. Clark
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Estonian Poverb
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.

Blessed is the man who trustsin the Lord and has made the
    Lord his hope and confidence.
                                                                                     - Jeremiah 17:7

“Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.” Enos 1:15

Ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are.” Mosiah 2:34

Ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another and serve the devil, who is the master of sin…” Mosiah 4:14

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Home preparedness plan

Sometimes It seems like an insurmountable job to be prepared for the proverbial rainy day that may come down the road. But getting it done is really not that hard and should be done no matter what.

The Family Emergency Plan – Let’s get started

1.  Sit down with your family members and decide how you will get in contact with each other in an emergency.  Possible methods may be by cell phone, texting, email, or a standard land line.

2.  Once you figure this out, document the contact information on both a master sheet and on wallet sized cards to be carried by all family members these cards can be gotten off of the www.ready.gov website.  This document will become your “Family Communication Plan” and it will  form the cornerstone of your family emergency plan.  It will list all family members, their date of birth, and other important information. Include a photo for each person as well as any important medical information. Also include a contact number for an out of town contact person.

3.  Determine a meeting place where you will meet in the event you can not get home.  This may be your workplace, the home of a parent or relative, your church or even at a school if there are children involved.  Whatever you decide, you will need at least three possible locations:

• Your home or the home of a designated family member
• On the wall at your home make sure you have a map on how to evacuate from your residence in case of a fire. a nice way to make this is from this site. http://www.fire.qld.gov.au/communitysafety/home/evacuation.asp
• A safe meeting place near home
• A safe meeting place outside your immediate neighborhood

4.  Determine the best evacuation routes from your home or workplace to the safe meeting places. It is important to practice your evacuation at least four times a year. We here do it at season change.    

5.  Prepare a list of all workplaces along with the address, telephone number, and closes evacuation location in the event getting to the pre-designated meeting place is not possible.

6.  Also prepare a list of all schools that are attended by your children along with the address, contact names, and telephone numbers.  Contact the schools now to learn about their own emergency evaluation policies and procedures.

7.  Prepare a list of your doctors and your veterinarian along with their telephone numbers and a list of all your medications.I also keep a flash drive with a copy of all your medical records for each of the family members. today even your xrays are available for you to get on cd. Keep all this information handy so if you decide to travel and something happens you have all the records at your fingertips to give to a doctor in another state city etc.I also keep them all on a flash drive that I carry around my neck with my allergic response tag. depending on your records size it can seem to be a huge job but is well worth it. I save mine in two forms both in text form ( which can be opened by any word program) and PDF version.

8.  Prepare a list of your insurance policies, including the carrier, the telephone number for claims, and the policy number itself.  Include health insurance, homeowners or rental insurance, life insurance policies along with this I suggest that you walk around your home and take a picture of every room from one side then the other. In case of a devastating flood or fire it is easy to remember the big things but when it comes to the small things you will forget just what you have. I also recommend that you keep a list of all your medications along with a three day supply I do this with a key chain cannister available at any retail or drug store.

9.  Consider creating a phone tree. Think of your phone tree as a pyramid where the person at the top of the pyramid contacts two people, who each call two more people, and so on, until every person on the tree has been contacted. This will allow you to distribute information quickly without redundancy and without placing the burden of work on one person.

10.  Store all if the information you have carefully compiled in multiple locations:

• Your bug out bags and go-bags and in your 72 hour kits
• Your family preparedness binder ( Keep a copy of all the pictures of your personal belongings in this binder) 
• On a flash drive that you carry with you Keep a copy of all your records and your pictures of your personal belongings on this drive as well.
• In your desk drawer at work ( a cd burned with a copy of all your records is excellent and space saving)
• In a Safe deposit box at your local bank.
• on a business card emergency list

One easy way to get started is to go to the FEMA Ready site where you can fill out much of this information online.  You can then print out the online document and add the supplemental information on your own.  You will find the fill-in form here:  Family Emergency Plan Fill-In Form.

Whatever you do, do not fall prey to rip-off artists who will want to charge your hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to prepare a Family Emergency Plan for you.  

Then don’t forget to practice your evacuation plan and to test your escape routes.  Your safety – and your life – may depend on it.

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