It has been quite some time since posting on the Blankenship Blog. It seems like a good time for doing so today, or maybe I should say this evening, because it is about 7:00 p.m.. Our prayers are that everyone had a great, HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY.
It is not because there has been nothing happening with the Blankenships that I have not had a post recently. It is just I run myself short on time when it comes to blogging sometimes, and this is the last one I tend, it seems.
Let me begin with the day of Thanksgiving. There were several Blankenships, and their families present at my parents this day. Some of us are getting ready to go to St. Louis on Friday for Cassville High School’s football teams first ever State Championship game. Robert, my sisters son is on the Freshman football team, but the coach believes in all of the team getting to go, even if it’s to set on the bench. I will be leaving Cassville in the morning at 8:00 a.m. driving a School Bus with School students and adults who need a ride to the game. This is really a big deal for Cassville, Missouri. This has never happened in the history of Cassville.
The day was grand at my parents home with my sisters, brother, some of our kids and grandkids were there. It was our oldest and oldest daughter, her husband and family with three grandchildren; our oldest son, his wife, and our three grandchildren with them. Our other three kids, their spouses, and our other three grandkids could not be here. I think we all ate enough to make up for their abscence.
One thing I can say for this family; from my parents, sisters, and brother and their kids, and grandkids; and that is we are a thankful bunch. Let me tell you to whom we give thanks. That is our God and Savior Jesus Christ, for without Him there is really nothing to be thankful.
Let me tell you what happened to my wife and I about a month ago. The Missouri Baptist Convention was coming up, and we had not planned on attending due to lack of funds; personally and in our Church. So, we just put it out of our minds, and never made any plans. The Thursday before the Convention was going to begin on Monday I went to our Associational Office and someone came in and gave us more than enough money to go; and it was given for that purpose – to go to the MBC. Because of this wondrous gift I quickly began making arrangements for a room to stay in the Convention Hotel- Millennium Hotel in St. Louis; and that was where the Convention was held to. We never even left the building all the time we were there – which was about three days. God is so good, and much better than we deserve.
Last Saturday my son Timothy and me went to our firts High School football game of the season, and watched Cassville’s team defeat Chilicothe’s team 14 – 13, which sent Cassville to the Class 3A Championship at the Edward Jones Dome. I really never dreamed I would be driving a bus to the game, but I am, and I thank the Lord for that.
What else is there to thank God for? The air we breathe. The beat of our hearts. The stars in the sky. The sun which shines brightly everyday. The wind, the rain, the seasons of the year. The fact that all things are in the hands of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. There are so many things for which to thank Him. One more is for the great salvation He has given through His death on the cross, His burial carrying our sin, guilt and shame away, and His bodily resurrection.
Enjoy your family, and trust in the Lord.
-Tim A. Blankenship
