Today I’m grateful for my Lord and how gracious He is to me.
The more we’re grateful for the more things come to mind to be grateful for.
“My mom taught me years ago that Thanksgiving is about remembering to focus on good things, even in the presence of bad things. Recent experience has shown me how remembering those bad things can actually bring divine goodness and mercy into sharper focus. In the context of being lost, being found is more wondrous. In the context of being persecuted, finding acceptance is more precious. In the context of being sick, being healed is more miraculous.”
I’m grateful to God for all that He has allowed me to go through! A bad marriage so that I may appreciate and recognize a wonderful relationship. Being in a wheelchair so that I can appreciate being out of the wheelchair. Being Bi-polar with it’s ups and it’s downs so that I might rejoice in the beauty of a normal day. Not everyone knows that gift. Maybe you know it for other reasons of things that you suffer through to enjoy a day of peace and rest from it. I’m grateful for my parents divorce so I could see my dad and stepmom’s marriage and love for one another. What a gift that was to me! I thank God for being homeless, so I appreciate all the shelters He’s provided me and my lovely apartment now. I thank God for both my dad and stepmom’s lives, what an example they set. I thank God their in heaven out of all the pain they were in at the end of their lives. It has taught me to cherish the living while they are still here. I’m grateful for the abuse in my life, now being treated lovingly like a lady is all the sweeter. I thank God that He saved me from myself, life is now so precious to me. How could I have ever been so determined to end it? Praise You Father for rescuing me from that mentality!
A Prayer
“Dear God, how thankful I am for your gracious rescue! Help me to remember, every moment of every day and night, to live in a way that shows my gratitude and thanksgiving to you. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
By Lisa Harper November 22nd entry “Growing Deep Roots of Gratitude” from “Daily Gifts of Grace: Devotions for Each Day of Your Year”
Both the above quote and prayer are from the same place.
I know this is after Thanksgiving but is it ever too late to thank God for all He’s done for us? I think this is a good daily exercise. Let me know what your thankful for.
Joy – A Fellow Sojourner & A Woman After God’s Own Heart!
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