So, today I thank God for who He is....a personal God of love and compassion, mercy and forgiveness...gentle and humble in heart....always present...always positive...always guiding and cheering and blessing.......I am thankful that He is in control...and He is all wise, all knowing....what a comfort....I am thankful that He protects me, and provides for me....and teaches me.....to be patient...and wait....and trust....I am thankful for His word, and for my brothers and sisters in Christ who have gone before me....who left a legacy.....who God has used as an example in my life....I am thankful for my heritage....that I am a part of the plan of God...that one day I will sit in heaven with everyone who loves Christ...and has followed His call to be His disciples.....I am thankful for every minute I experience the presence of God in my life....for every breath I take and know He is right beside me....I am thankful for every believer who has a passion for Christ....who determines to know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified....
I am thankful for eyes to see, and the understanding to watch the heavens....to imagine the curtain that separates me from seeing the eyes of God....thankful that I know He is there...and one day...I will be with Him....thankful for all of the unique creatures that He has created and for the opportunity to see so many of them....and then to think that He has said, "No eye has seen nor ear has heard...nor has it enterered the heart of man all that God has prepared for those who love Him.
I am thankful for my parents, my children, my relatives, my friends (new and old)...and for those future friends ahead....
I am thankful that I am in Tennessee...because that is where God wants me....and all I want is to be where He wants me to be....I am thankful for the peace in knowing that I am in the will of God...I am thankful for this nice place to live, for everyone who has made it possible for us to be here. I am thankful for a job...that I start tomorrow....I am thankful that it is a confirmation that I am where I am to be...I am thankful for health, and purpose, and vision, and the strength God gives to press on....
I am thankful for all the hundreds of things He gives me that I can so easily overlook...just the fact that I am an American, born in a free country...and even now...when our freedoms are being stripped away....I am free.....and always will be....because I am free in Christ....
I am thankful that God has given me the faith to believe....first in the fact that He died for me, and eternal life is by grace alone....second.....faith to believe that He has my best interests at heart...and that He is in control...and no matter what I face.....He is yoked to me....and I to Him.
I am thankful for God....the Father.....God....the Son.....God.....the Holy Spirit.....all that I need, I find in Him....."whom have I in heaven but Thee, and besides Thee, I desire nothing...my flesh and my heart may fail....but, God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
I am thankful that God keeps me on the path....for those He has surrounded me with....to keep me close to Him.....for the knowledge that nothing good dwells within me......except Him.....and that I am a sinner saved by grace.......grace.....sweet grace..........
And yes, I am thankful for lemon cookies, the game Twist, my new 15.00 pool from Walmart that I had a blast using today.....suntan lotion...the way it smells in the summer.....watching cardinals fly overhead....and clouds change formations...watching my daughter smile....and my dog refuse to swim....quiet moments.....the way my condo has "come together" so quickly....feeling good about the way things look........talking to old school friends and laughing at their jokes....taking deep breaths....and being able to say....it is well with my soul.......
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