DAY 26 - THANKFULNESS

Today I am thankful for the rain. Not just because we need it, but I'm thinking more of the fact that it causes us to stay inside and just be "together". It's been a great week for my James and I. Spending time together, doing the things that we both enjoy doing... And today, it rained.

Thank You God for the rain....

DAY 25 - THANKFULNESS

Time...today I am thankful for "time". That unit of measure that God created for us to "organize" our hours, days, weeks, months, years...... But today I am mindful that with "time" comes "choices". Choices of how we are going to spend that time that we have on this earth. Am I going to choose those things which have only temporal value, or those thngs which have eternal value? Am I going to make the choice to set aside time today for God? To read His word, read my devotional, pray? Or am I going to put Him on the back burner and get to Him when "I have time"?
Funny how we can always find the time to do what we want but never for what we need.... Just a thought.
So how are you spending "your time"? What choices are you making? Temporal or Eternal?

Thank You God for giving me "time"....

DAY 24 - THANKFULNESS

Happy Thanksgiving...

Today I am thankful for the wonderful memories that God has allowed me to have. From my earlist childhood we always had big family gatherings. I never gave it any thought as a child and I certainly took them for granted. Fast forward to today. This is my 65th Thanksgiving. Whlle this day is set aside to remember all that we should/need to be thankful for, I'm finding that I am most thankful this year for all the years that have past and how each one has been filled with family. Many of those have gone on to be with our Lord. Now, a new generation has emerged and the legacy continues....

Thank You Lord for an awesome day, set aside to be "thankful". My prayer is that I will continue to be "thankful" every day....

DAY 23 - THANKFULNESS

Philippians 4;19  -  "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me". NASB

The "Him" of course is Jesus the Christ. And try as I might to do things my own way, I can't. I am weak, I make mistakes, I fail misserablly. BUT GOD... But God is my source of strenth, and just as Paul is saying in his letter to the Philippians, I "to", CAN do ALL things... HOW? Through HIM...

Thank You Lord for giving me the strength to accomplish Your will in my life....

DAY 22 - THANKFULNESS

Psalm 119:161b...but my heart stands in awe of Your words.

The truth of the matter is this: No matter what is going on in my life, whether it's good or it's bad, I turn to God's

word. The incredible thing is that He always, ALWAYS, has an aswer for me. It might be something easy, or it might be something really tough to read....but still, it's right there before my very eyes. I can find encouragement, wisdom, forgiveness, hope....all adding to the same thing.  God loves "me".

Today, I thank You God, for Your words of truth; indeed, I do stand in awe of every one of them...