Woodbury 5.0

Good morning, Loved Ones,

Thanks to Terry we are back Hump Day at least for a week. Woke to find Terry got the gratitude started today. So . . . your Hump Day 5.0 from Terry!

Rick:

I awakened aware I had fallen asleep amidst my Dame 5.0's last eve. So, here's a reflection you can use if you wish for your Hump Day blessing to "your loved ones."

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Today's Thanks-giving Reflection is from Psalm 147.

How good it is to sing praises to our God;

for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.

²The Lord ... gathers the outcasts of Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted,

and binds up their wounds.

⁴He determines the number of the stars;

he gives to all of them their names.

⁵Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

his understanding is beyond measure.

⁶The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;

he casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

⁸He covers the heavens with clouds,

prepares rain for the earth,

makes grass grow on the hills.

⁹He gives to the animals their food,

and to the young ravens when they cry.

¹⁰His delight is not in the strength of the horse,

nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;

¹¹but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,

in those who hope in his steadfast love.

My thanks today is to God "whose understanding is beyond measure, who lifts the downtrodden and casts the wicked to the ground, and whose pleasure is not in the strength of the horse but in those who hope in his steadfast love."

>> Thanks be to God today for 8 Hispanic men who work from sun-up to sun-down replacing our hailed roof: a true team -- energetic, professional, steadfast & joyful. They humble me.

>> Thanks be to God today for Chrysanne Grund and Keith Anglemyer -- long time developer of health and brand new pastor to a community -- who, together, have taken the reins of service, ready to energize those near and far in gaining a fresh vision of tomorrow. They humble me.

>> Thanks be to God today for Eldonna's and my new grandson -- George Douglas Woodbury -- born to Lance & Dana: a gift from above, born into a world below begging for yet another to fear the Lord and lift the downtrodden. This birth humbles me.

>> Thanks be to God today for my 6 Public Square Colleagues -- all fully engaged in their life work -- who give themselves additionally to the dream of revitalizing communities who also have a dream of being more than they are. They humble me.

>> Thanks be to God today for John and Gwen Haspels, lifelong missionaries in Africa, whose stories put flesh on the wisdom that God uses the weak to shame the strong, taking what is foolish to shame the wise. They humble me.

And thanks -- one more time -- that Pastor Rick began this weekly Discipline of Gratitude two Thanksgiving's ago. What a gift to the world, acceptable and blessed!

Amen.

Terry

Terry Woodbury, President
Public Square Communities LLC
twoodbury@buildthesquare.com
620/214-0002