TOWARD THE END OF LAST WEEK, I RECEIVED A MESSAGE IN MY FACEBOOK INBOX FROM SOMEONE I USUALLY DON'T HEAR FROM. THE MESSAGE I RECEIVED WENT OUT TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ON MY FRIENDS LIST. I CAN TELL THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE RECEIVED IT. THE MESSAGE WAS ENTITLED..."THANKFULNESS CHALLENGE".....IT ASKED IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO POST VARIOUS REASONS FOR WHICH I AM THANKFUL EACH TIME I LOGGED INTO FACEBOOK FOR A ONE WEEK PERIOD. I LOVE TO POST STATUSES AND I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR, SO I IMMEDIATELY SAID YES TO THE CHALLENGE. I LOVE TO TELL OTHERS HOW THANKFUL I AM AND I ALSO LOVE TO HEAR THE SAME FROM THEM AS WELL.
I WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL THIS MORNING ABOUT MY TRUE THANKFULNESS. I HAVE GOT ENDLESS THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS MORNING. THIS REMINDS ME OF MY PASTOR. HE LOVES TO EXPRESS HIS THANKS AND SAID HE OFTEN STARTS THANKING THE LORD FOR EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF THINGS, DOWN TO THE SHOES ON HIS FEET.
I AM THANKFUL TODAY FOR SO MANY THINGS. I DIDN'T WAKE UP IN THE BONDAGE OF ADDICTION, IN THE GRASP OF LONELINESS OR IN THE HEADLOCK OF ANGER AND FEAR. I DIDN'T GO TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT WITH A GUILTY CONSCIENCE. I DIDN'T SPEND MY ENTIRE WEEKEND LOOKING FOR ESCAPE IN THE BOTTOM OF A BOTTLE. I DIDN'T CHASE MY NEXT HIGH. I DIDN'T GET ARRESTED FOR MINDLESS STUPIDITY. MY FAMILY DIDN'T DREAD BEING SEEN BY THEIR FRIENDS IN TOWN. MY KIDS HAD A GREAT WEEKEND WITH THEIR MOTHER. MY PARENTS WERE ABLE TO TRUST THEIR HOME TO MY CARE. AND FOR ALL OF THIS, I GIVE THANKS!
I AM ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED. I AM THANKFUL THAT THE COCA COLA COMPANY PRODUCES THAT RED CAN THAT I REACH FOR EVERY MORNING. FOR MY FAVORITE MAGNOLITE POT. FOR THE BEAUTIFUL TREES IN THE FRONT YARD AND FOR THOSE HUMMINGBIRDS THAT AMAZE ME UNDER OUR BACK PATIO. I TAKE SO MANY THINGS FOR GRANTED. WE ALL DO!!!!!
I OWE GOD THE ULTIMATE THANKSGIVING AND PRAISES! IT IS ONLY THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE THAT I AM ABLE TO SIT HERE AND WRITE MY "NOTE" THIS MORNING. I AM THANKFUL THAT HE PROVIDED HIS WORD FOR ME TO LIVE BY. HE PROVIDES ME WITH GUIDANCE, STRENGTH, DIRECTION AND PURPOSE. HE THREW MY SINS INTO THE SEA OF FORGIVENESS. HE TOOK MY HEART OF STONE AND RESTORED MY ABILITY TO LOVE. HE TURNED MY SINFUL PAST INTO A TESTIMONY! BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE DID WAS TO SACRIFICE HIS ONLY SON SO THAT I COULD LIVE!
THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR THIS MORNING! WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT IT? I AM AMAZED THAT JESUS WENT UP ON THAT CROSS FOR ME. FOR MICHELLE MILLER, ONE OF THE MOST UNWORTHY PEOPLE OF ALL. MY SINS WERE COVERED BY HIS BLOOD! HE THAT'S WAS WITHOUT SIN GAVE HIS VERY LIFE FOR THOSE WHO WERE CONSUMED BY DARKNESS. HE WAS BEATEN, BRUISED, HUMILIATED ALONG THAT ROAD TO CALVARY. HE WAS NAILED TO THAT CROSS AND SUFFERED IN AGONY. HE DID THAT FOR ME! FOR YOU! FOR US!
WE ALL HAVE COUNTLESS THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS MORNING! WE HAVE A GOD THAT TRULY LOVES US. WHO CARES ABOUT OUR LEAST CONCERN. OUR GOD WANTS US TO BE HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE! WE WERE NOT CREATED FOR MISERY. WE WERE PLACED ON THIS EARTH TO GLORIFY HIM. AND FOR THAT, I AM ETERNALLY THANKFUL THIS MORNING.
OUR NEXT CHURCH SERVICE IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7 AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH HERE IN OAKDALE. UNTIL THEN, I WILL CONTINUE TO COUNT MY BLESSINGS. I WILL REMAIN THANKFUL. WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M
I WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL THIS MORNING ABOUT MY TRUE THANKFULNESS. I HAVE GOT ENDLESS THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS MORNING. THIS REMINDS ME OF MY PASTOR. HE LOVES TO EXPRESS HIS THANKS AND SAID HE OFTEN STARTS THANKING THE LORD FOR EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF THINGS, DOWN TO THE SHOES ON HIS FEET.
I AM THANKFUL TODAY FOR SO MANY THINGS. I DIDN'T WAKE UP IN THE BONDAGE OF ADDICTION, IN THE GRASP OF LONELINESS OR IN THE HEADLOCK OF ANGER AND FEAR. I DIDN'T GO TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT WITH A GUILTY CONSCIENCE. I DIDN'T SPEND MY ENTIRE WEEKEND LOOKING FOR ESCAPE IN THE BOTTOM OF A BOTTLE. I DIDN'T CHASE MY NEXT HIGH. I DIDN'T GET ARRESTED FOR MINDLESS STUPIDITY. MY FAMILY DIDN'T DREAD BEING SEEN BY THEIR FRIENDS IN TOWN. MY KIDS HAD A GREAT WEEKEND WITH THEIR MOTHER. MY PARENTS WERE ABLE TO TRUST THEIR HOME TO MY CARE. AND FOR ALL OF THIS, I GIVE THANKS!
I AM ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED. I AM THANKFUL THAT THE COCA COLA COMPANY PRODUCES THAT RED CAN THAT I REACH FOR EVERY MORNING. FOR MY FAVORITE MAGNOLITE POT. FOR THE BEAUTIFUL TREES IN THE FRONT YARD AND FOR THOSE HUMMINGBIRDS THAT AMAZE ME UNDER OUR BACK PATIO. I TAKE SO MANY THINGS FOR GRANTED. WE ALL DO!!!!!
I OWE GOD THE ULTIMATE THANKSGIVING AND PRAISES! IT IS ONLY THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE THAT I AM ABLE TO SIT HERE AND WRITE MY "NOTE" THIS MORNING. I AM THANKFUL THAT HE PROVIDED HIS WORD FOR ME TO LIVE BY. HE PROVIDES ME WITH GUIDANCE, STRENGTH, DIRECTION AND PURPOSE. HE THREW MY SINS INTO THE SEA OF FORGIVENESS. HE TOOK MY HEART OF STONE AND RESTORED MY ABILITY TO LOVE. HE TURNED MY SINFUL PAST INTO A TESTIMONY! BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE DID WAS TO SACRIFICE HIS ONLY SON SO THAT I COULD LIVE!
THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR THIS MORNING! WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT IT? I AM AMAZED THAT JESUS WENT UP ON THAT CROSS FOR ME. FOR MICHELLE MILLER, ONE OF THE MOST UNWORTHY PEOPLE OF ALL. MY SINS WERE COVERED BY HIS BLOOD! HE THAT'S WAS WITHOUT SIN GAVE HIS VERY LIFE FOR THOSE WHO WERE CONSUMED BY DARKNESS. HE WAS BEATEN, BRUISED, HUMILIATED ALONG THAT ROAD TO CALVARY. HE WAS NAILED TO THAT CROSS AND SUFFERED IN AGONY. HE DID THAT FOR ME! FOR YOU! FOR US!
WE ALL HAVE COUNTLESS THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS MORNING! WE HAVE A GOD THAT TRULY LOVES US. WHO CARES ABOUT OUR LEAST CONCERN. OUR GOD WANTS US TO BE HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE! WE WERE NOT CREATED FOR MISERY. WE WERE PLACED ON THIS EARTH TO GLORIFY HIM. AND FOR THAT, I AM ETERNALLY THANKFUL THIS MORNING.
OUR NEXT CHURCH SERVICE IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7 AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH HERE IN OAKDALE. UNTIL THEN, I WILL CONTINUE TO COUNT MY BLESSINGS. I WILL REMAIN THANKFUL. WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M
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