HERE WE ARE once again planning our National day of “THANKSGIVING!” Many need to stop and think of what they are thankful for. Usually when sitting around the table with my family, we are asked to share one thing we are thankful for. One thing! Now that is hard. However, since these past few weeks, Morning Glory has been on the subject of abortions, I know what I am thankful for. MY CHILDREN; God’s blessing to Jim and me! What a joy they have been, even before and after the teen years, especially 16!
WHEN MY children were beginning their double digits, and even while we thought they were above reproach, we were told; “just wait until they are 16!” We waited and nothing happened! Don’t get me wrong, our kids weren’t perfect but we never experienced anything like what is described in books; the news on TV and in the papers; nor what seems to come down the pike as stereotypes. Sassy? Absolutely! Bossy? Sometimes! Wanting to wear designer clothes? Right on! Kept their rooms picked up and clean? Never experienced that! We loved them and gave them a safe place to live. We weathered the storms and they became exceptional and deserving adults! Deserving children makes a parent happy, and pleases God!
WE NEVER experienced the drug scene, alcohol, promiscuity, deceitfulness, and trouble with the law. Jim and I would like to take the credit, but the credit belongs to our Savior! He not only saves our souls but He also gives us an identity in Him, which saves us from the world! God made it easy with our children, and we thank Him every day! “But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart, to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.” Romans 6:17
I LOVE THANKSGIVING DAY! I am thankful that those in power so many years ago set a day aside for the whole country to give thanks to our God! What an amazing time that must have been! Today, many would like to do away with it; even though so many other countries, have adopted a day of their own to give thanks. Amazing how the world view changes when new people move up the ladder. But even though many hearts change, those who are faithful will continue to receive God’s blessing! “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures for ever!” Psalms 107:1
SINCE THE DAYS began when Jim and I realized we were reaching that stage of maturity whereby our bodies didn’t want to go when we did, and didn’t want to stop when we thought it should; we have been so thankful and blessed in walking with the Lord. Our walk together began when we were young, married, and with children. We have to admit that it has been like a roller coaster ride, you know; with all the ups and downs, but oh what a ride!
“THANKS BE TO GOD who in Christ, always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved, and among those who are perishing. To one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
We are not like so many peddlers of God’s word; but as men of sincerity. For we are commissioned by God, in the sight of God; to speak of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 2:14-17
TO THOSE who have chosen Christ as their Savior I say; “Thanks be to God!” To those who have not chosen Christ as their Savior I say; “If you want to be happy; choose Christ!
If you want to be a winner; choose Christ! If you want to live life to the fullest; choose Christ!
“Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; He exalts Himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all who come to Him! Isaiah 30:18 I am pleased that I can say ‘Thanks be to God’ for saving my soul! Jane Ann Crenshaw 10/26/15
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