Monthly Archives: November 2024
MY THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
Betty Whitaker Jackson
On this day of the year we know as Thanksgiving
’Though every day in my prayers I remember
To show attitude’s gratitude to practice thanksliving
This day is special, a specified moment
For success’s excesses our homage to pay.
Tradition demands we go back to the Pilgrims
Whose very survival was divine intervention,
We collectively remember their daily struggles and trials
Through cold, heat, and danger and daily encounters
That magnified reliance…..
Adventt is a season of “Looking Forward.” We look forward to Christmas. We look forward eagerly to the return of Jesus Christ on the last day to His triumphal entry and the Peaceable Kingdom.
I have written a book called Advent Adventure, with scriptures, hymns, and symbols to help families prepare for Christmas and understand both the Old Testament prophecy and the traditional church symbols of our faith. The Old Testament ornaments, with patterns you can reproduce, are called Jesse…..
As Advent approaches, show your family the true message of Christmas through prophesy and the symbols of the historic church through my book Advent Adventure. Also included are four scriptural services for lighting the Advent wreath candle the Sundays before Christmas. Get your copy by going to my website at www.bettyjackson.net and/or ordering from the Betty Whitaker Jackson search on Amazon.com. Make sure your family knows the REAL reason for the season and the historic/spiritual significance of its celebration.
Usually in November, I am writing daily for NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. This year has been a planned hiatus.
Let me recount my November.
I succeeded in getting my sister relocated from New York to Florida, no easy task. She is now living in a senior residence facility ten minutes from my home. In the first week there, she fell twice, visited both local hospitals, spent three weeks then in a rehabilitation facility, and has just this week returned…..