A Year of Thanksgiving

Well, it's almost that time of year again . . . no, I'm not talking about Christmas . . . I'm talking about the day that is set aside as a privilege for us to give thanks to our incredibly generous God.

I LOVE giving thanks . . . so much so that last week when asked at a gathering what it was that we were most thankful for this year, I gladly raised my hand and shared my heart with everyone. I am anxious even now to share with you that the one recurring thread that was woven throughout my year - the thing that I am most thankful for - is that the Lord taught me the true meaning of Psalm 46:10 in which it is written "Be still and know that I am God".

First He pulled the plug on all the service 'projects' that I had busily gone about doing for Him.
Then, He curbed my desire to leave my house. Gone was the urge to shop, search for crafty things to create or restaurants to eat at.

Taking full advantage of these times of solitude, He then put in my possession the "The Gospel of Matthew" on DVD. I saw Jesus as I had never envisioned Him before. As I watched that recording over and over . . . and over . . . again, I grew to love Him to a degree that I had never loved Him before.

This was a year of healing . . . and prayer . . . and singing praises to His glorious name. I experienced an intimacy with Him that I can't even begin to describe. My eyes have been opened and my heart has been saturated with endless love as I've spent incredible moments of oneness with Him.

He has showered me with gifts and blessings and tenderness and mercy. In it all I have come to realize that I am not the center of all that is . . . HE IS! I have learned that I didn't have any idea - not even a clue - about how intelligent He is or how clever He is or the degree to which He desires to lavish us with His pure love.

I am so incredibly thankful to have been chosen by the Creator of the Universe to spend eternity with Him. And truly I'm blown away when I realize that His blessings here on the earth are only a faint shadow of the glory we will experience forever, with Him, into eternity.
Praise God. Thank You Jesus.
Amen and Amen
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