My Thankful List

It's been a while since I have written a real post, so here are some Thanksgiving thoughts:

On this day of Thanksgiving, there are so many things to be thankful for! Though it is our duty to be thankful all the time, today is a special day which has been set aside to "remember and make thanks". O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever! Psalm 136:1 In my family, we each wrote out a hundred point list of things from this last year to be thankful for. Here is a short[er] list of things I am particularly thankful for today as I look back over the year.

I am thankful for
1. My amazing Father and Mother, two of the greatest people I have ever known and will ever know.
2. My three manly brothers who are a source of continual encouragement.
3. My four lovely and feminine sisters who want to always be blessings to others.
4. My grandfather, Howard J. Phillips, and grandmother, Peggy Phillips, who laid the foundation for the family I have today.
5. The rest of the Mag-7, the 6 friends who have been the best of pals, closest friends, and most loyal brothers over the past ten years. I miss you chaps!
6. The man who helped to lead my grandfather to the Lord, Dr. R.J. Rushdoony, and the man who lead my father to the Lord, Pastor Bob Gifford.
7. The man who, through the Scripture, helped to show my mother, a young woman, the importance of family discipleship, commonly called Homeschooling, Mr. Gregg Harris.
8. The Men who have been loyal to my father, the friends who have "stuck through".
9. The opportunity to minister in foreign countries, during times of peace and calamity.
10. The new friends who have been made every year - all over the world.
11. The families who showed "true religion" (James 1:27) and took in children after the earthquake in Haiti.
12. The opportunities to learn humility which come, go, and are so valuable (even when it doesn't seem so at the time.)
13. Fantastic adventures into the past through literature and biography. I am so thankful that God gave man reading and writing! Without it, it would certainly be hard to get by...
14. For Rome, Geneva, Paris, and London - and the lessons learned through each of these places.
15. The men like Calvin, Knox, the Covenanters, the Waldenses and the Huguenots who gave their all for faith and for freedom.
16. For Scotland, and a history of noble manhood, defiance against tyranny, and freedom loving men which will never die!
17. For Kilts. No explanation needed.
18. Heroic and bold music, ballads of bravery, and Celtic crooning which never ceases to enliven the spirit and make me want to do some "bold deed".
19. Charlie Zahm. who first helped to give me and my family the taste of bold ballads which still remains with us.
20. Guitars, Jew's Harps, and Penny whistles.
21. Airplanes. That land safely. Without them, traveling ('tween continents) would be a different experience.
22. Friends who you can get into grand scrapes with. (Particularly when traveling abroad.) You know who you are....
23. Ancient legends and stories.
24. The ability to run across a wide open field and yell and shout for fun at the top of your lungs.
25. My library.
26. Another year to live. Every year is a gift that we must never take for granted.
27. My Home.
28. History, the scrapbook of God's master plan for all nations that "all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
29. Jeeps, the beauteous vehicle which overcomes all.
30. Items of duty that throw lead at high velocity speeds for great distances. Oh, they typically use gunpowder too.
31. Boots. No explanation needed.
32. Hunting. Cleaning. Preparing. Eating. Cleaning the above mentioned Items of duty.
33. The heroes of the past who led by example: Joshua ben Nun, King Aelfred, William Wallace, our Founding Fathers, T.J. Jackson.
34. The many weddings of friends this year. Wow. A dozen?
35. The ability to stay up all night just talking with siblings. And then sing "Good Morning, Good Morning".
36. For work and play.
37. That I am a Texan by adoption, a Virginian forever, and a Southerner by birth.
38. Another day after every night.
39. The Beauty God created.
40. For HIS everlasting love.
41. That Thankfulness doesn't just have to be limited to a list.
42. I am thankful to know that Christ reigns and that everything we need to know about life we can find in his complete and innerent word, the Holy Bible.

Happy Thanksgiving! ~Joshua Titus