PSALM 39:4
“LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am. You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah."
BLEsSINg Number 1:
I am thankful for my life, this life which God has given me. He gives me breath and keeps my heart beating. He fills me with His Peace that I may go through the storms of life -- the tragedies, the haters, the betrayers - - with dignity and integrity. He teaches me to fill my days with that which honors and glorifies Him, that when I look back on my life I may see how God delivered me and saved me even when I didn't even know Him yet. How He wooed me and drew me ever closer to Him. He's still drawing me closer and closer.
BLESSing NumBer 2:
I am thankful for the life eternal which He has promised me. When this body of mine finally reaches its full potential, I will push through to the other side and receive a new body. Just like when a seed pushes through the ground and becomes a seedling reaching for sunlight and rain, I will see The Son and feel the breeze of heaven on my face.
BleSsinG NuMber 3:
I am thankful for a godly husband, a man who walks in integrity and wisdom. A man who came into this marriage with a ready made family and raised each of mine as his own, as raised his son as my own. Though our families were broken, God renewed us in His love and compassion and made us one family.
BlesSiNg numBer 4:
I am thankful for the ministry for which God is preparing us. I don't know where He is leading us, but I'm going with The Lord anyway. He knows what He's doing and I trust Him. He's not finished with us yet. Retirement is not the "golden years". The "golden years" are yet to come: when we're in heaven and walk on golden streets.
BlessinG NumbEr 5:
I am thankful I have blessings. I have so many wonderful gifts from God that I can only begin to count them, but I definitely cannot finish counting. For there are blessing from God which I am not even aware of at this time. It is only when He shows me who I am in Him that I will know why I went through the fire and the rain and the winds.
COUNTING EVERY BLESSING - Rend Collective
I love that there are four seasons in a year. Each season brings something new to the table that I might taste and see the goodness of The Lord. Weatherwise, Autumn is my favorite. I love the comfortable weather, the changing colors of the leaves, the smell of woodsmoke wafting through the air and the smell of apple pie coming from the oven.
Every season has its moments. Spring brings me all the beautiful flowers and songbirds. Summer fills my freezer and pantry with tasty garden harvests. Winter I am not a fan of so much, even though I like a little snow at Christmas ( but then it can go away). I love the gatherings with family and friends on special days, but the days someone just drops in are few and far between now. I must be in the season of winter in my life: the resting period, a kind of hibernation from the world that I was so active in to a quiet, almost lonely place (but not alone, for He is with me always).
I am blessed that God chose me to be His own. I am blessed that God allowed His only begotten Son to pay the penalty for my sins. I am blessed to have His precious Holy Spirit living in me, filling me with His Word and guiding me in His Will. These are my greatest blessings. And I adore Him for loving me so.
