I found this Bible passage on Heartlight. It was used by David and the people of Israel to give praise to God for His majesty. It is similar to passages found in the Psalms. 🙂 (New American Standard version) It is a Psalm of Thanksgiving.
I Chronicles 16:7-36
7 Then on that day David first assigned Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the LORD.
8 Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.

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The OkRunner site is handy for finding 5ks to run in the Tulsa area.
Here are a few interesting ones:
Escape From Turkey Mountain on August 23, 2008 @ 7:30 AM
Cost $25 online registration
Walk/Run for a Drug Free Life on September 6, 2008 @ 8:00 AM
This event is absolutely free with a t-shirt!
Route 66 CPA Run on Saturday, September 13, 2008 TBA:08 AM
$18 early registration, 17 and under free
Pryor Fever 5k and Mud Run on September 27, 2008 @ 9:00 AM
Pre-registration online for the MudRun is $15
28th Annual Woolaroc Road Race on October 18, 2008 @ 8:30 AM
YMCA Chili Chase on October 18, 2008 @ 10:00 AM in Okmulgee
Tulsa’s Mock Marathon and Half Marathon on November 1, 2008 @ 8:00 AM
No cost

Our family awoke at about 5:30 this morning. We had a big morning ahead. We were running a 5k. There were grumbles and not wanting to go but I knew when the race was over we could all feel good about the run.
Danny fixed scrambled eggs. Three of our kids didn’t eat. They wanted something different and it didn’t bother them that they needed some fuel for the 5k.
It was the Riverside5000. Adults cost $25 and got a cool runner t-shirt. All four of our kids were free because they were under 18. They didn’t get the shirt.

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Taken from Leaves of Life @ OnePlace.com
Heaven overreaches you and me,
And all earth’s gardens and her graves.
Look up with me, until we see
The day break and the shadows flee.
What though to-night wrecks you and me
If so to-morrow saves?

Recently, a story came out of Egypt similar to the loaves and fishes story of the Bible where Jesus blessed the food and it miraculously multiplied so that everyone would get enough to eat!
The story is from World Net Daily.

There are several sites on the internet that can work together to help you get the best prices on Bob Jones Christian Learning Curriculum.
The BJU Press site gives you the list for each subjects. There are also kits available. For example, a Sophomore distant learner would use this kit.
The site Christian Book Distributors provides info and prices.
Half.com is a good place to start looking for reduced prices. You can search for your book by ISBN here.
Then there are some many other good sites which offer a big variety of homeschool curriculum such as ThisLittlePiggyStaysHome.com and HomeschoolClassifieds.com.

Here’s a site which will help you teach your teen how to drive. The course is from AAA.

In 1959 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter:
‘When we lose one blessing,
another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.’