I Am Thankful

On this Thanksgiving Eve, I thought I would take a few minutes to write what I am thankful for:

I am thankful that God saves sinners.

I am thankful that in all my self-righteousness, God was able to convict me of my sin and show me my need for a Savior. I am more thankful than words can express that God opened my eyes to my sin and allowed me repentance and forgiveness through His son Jesus Christ.

I am thankful that as it says in Ephesians 1 In love God predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ. He took a rebel and made me His child. That is a remarkable concept to grasp.

I am thankful that God continues to convict me of sin and uses that to santify me.

I am thankful that God has allowed me to marry. I am thankful that he uses marriage as a means of sanctification in my life. I am thankful that I don't have to lead our family. I am thankful that God has given that role to Greg, and that, per His design, Greg has the ability to fulfill that role.

I am thankful that Greg loves Jesus Christ and wishes to please Him and become more like Him everyday.

I am thankful that God has allowed me to help out with the family finances through my job. I am thankful that God uses this job as a means of sanctification in my life. I am thankful that God has provided me with a mission field like no other through this job.

I am thankful for relationships with friends and family. God uses these relationships as a means of sanctification in my life. True relationships allow an inescapable testing ground for trusting God.

I am thankful that I have a Bible and can read it without fear of punishment.

I am thankful that there are those who came before me who fought and died to make it possible for me to have a Bible in my possession in my own langage.

I am thankful that I live in a country that still allows me the freedom to worship God and preach the gospel.

I am thankful that God created the world and that He knows me.

Psalm 139:1-5 says: "O LORD, You have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up: You discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquinted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. You hem me in behind and before and lay Your hand upon me.

I am thankful that God is sovereign and all things are in His control. I rest in that.

Happy Thanksgiving!