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Things For Which I Am Thankful

When was the last time you made a list of all the things you’re thankful for?

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” -1 Thessalonians 5:18

I am thankful for a mother who taught me proper grammar…and lovingly insisted on it.

I am thankful for a father who taught me that the most important thing isn’t just getting the job done, but doing it with character and a good attitude.

I am thankful for brothers who always looked up to me, even when I let them down…and who now are men I look up to in many ways as well.

I am thankful for a godly heritage on both sides of my family, for men and women who served the Lord and taught their children to do the same.

I am thankful for chocolate.

I am thankful for coffee.

I am thankful for the many generous people who continue to give me Starbucks gift cards so that I can continue to feed my habit.

I am thankful for cool breezes on hot summer days and warm covers on cold winter nights.

I am thankful for tears, because they remind me that I am alive.

I am thankful for laughter, because it reminds me why being alive is a good thing.

I am thankful for pain, because it reminds me that this life is but a passing shadow on the way to a glorious eternity in Christ.

I am thankful for pleasure, because it reminds me of His goodness right here and now.

I am thankful for the Bible, for it guides and protects my heart from darkness, and steers me back to light whenever I veer off course.

I am thankful for the Church, for it sustains and supports me through relationships between God’s people, His literal hands and feet on the earth.

I am thankful for the Holy Spirit, who whispers to me which way to go and reminds me who I really am in Christ.

I am thankful for the cross, for it stands as God’s eternal testimony of both His love and faithfulness, and His holiness and justice.

I am thankful for music, the fabric of my soul.

I am thankful for fabric, the covering of my body.

I am thankful for my body, the vehicle I’ve been given to carry out God’s will for my life.

I am thankful for God’s will, because it is always perfect, always right, and always good.

And I am thankful for these fingers that can type thoughts on a page, these thoughts that give words to these feelings, and these feelings of gratitude which themselves are just like everything else for which I am thankful…

Gifts of grace from my Father.

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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” -James 1:17

How about you? What are some things YOU are thankful for?

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