Monday, August 04, 2008

The Lord Has Done Great Things For Us!

100. I am thankful for a beautiful home where I feel safe, share space with a dear friend, and have the pleasure of demonstrating hospitality often.
99. I am thankful for a job that is the answer to prayers I didn't even know how to put into words.
98. I am thankful for a God who allows me to experience a dynamic relationship with Him, frequently revealing Himself to me in new ways as I grow in knowledge and understanding of His Word.
97. I am thankful for a family that knows and follows hard after God. I love that we love to be together.
96. I am thankful that things rarely stay as they are, that in Christ, no situation is hopeless.
95. I am thankful for a church where I have had the privilege of worshipping consistently for six years now, for a faith family that has nurtured my gifts and supported my calling.
94. I am thankful for the ability to love deeply, even when it hurts. Sometimes caring about others is painful, but it beats the numbness I've been all to familiar with in the past.
93. I am thankful that I live in an age of air conditioning. ;-)
92. I am thankful for the freedom to work out my salvation with fear and trembling.
91. I am thankful that God gives me people to hold my hand along the journey.
90. I am thankful that I know what it is to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice.
89. I am thankful for the age of internet communication and the ability to keep in touch with so many friends spread out all over the world.
88. I am thankful that mercy is new every morning.
87. I am thankful for Papa's example of grace.
86. I am thankful that love keeps no record of wrongs.
85. I am thankful that my Redeemer is faithful and true.
84. I am thankful for the gift of laughter.
83. I am thankful for friends who care about enough to know my favorite things.
82. I am thankful for cousins who've become my best friends.
81. I am thankful for my health and how rarely I have to think about it.
80. I am thankful for God's provision in my life, how He continually proves Himself faithful to supply all my needs.
79. I am thankful that I know God is who He says He is and can do what He says He can do.
78. I am thankful that my best friend would answer the phone right now if I called her.
77. I am thankful that my parents have been such an amazing testimony of God's goodness in my life.
76. I am thankful for the women who have poured themselves into my life over the years, adding their wisdom, their love for the Lord, their fervent prayers to my journey.
75. I am thankful that God does not waste a thing.
74. I am thankful that Mimi made me learn to type when I was young.
73. I am thankful that Grandmother lived till I was grown.
72. I am thankful that when I call to Him, God answers.
71. I am thankful that God faithfully leads us beside still waters.
70. I am thankful that God is ridiculously kind to us and extravagantly generous.
69. I am thankful for the godly men who've been a part of my life and treated me with dignity I didn't always deserve.
68. I am thankful that Austin's only 3 hours away, and I get to visit there soon.
67. I am thankful that God always makes a way where there seems to be no way.
66. I am thankful I prayed boldly when I was younger.
65. I am thankful for the people who taught me to pray boldly.
64. I am thankful that I don't have to wait till November to give thanks.
63. I am thankful for others who blog, so I can learn from their experiences.
62. I am thankful for others who don't blog, who are content to listen or read while the rest of us verbally process.
61. I am thankful for friends who have the gift of loving loyally.
60. I am thakful for those who always believe the best.
59. I am thankful that repentance is always available and always my best option.
58. I am thankful Nana taught me to love vegetables and fresh fruit.
57. I am thankful my Mom is such a classy woman of integrity who never gave up on teaching me things that she believed were best for me.
56. I am thankful for every opportunity I've had to see the world from other vantage points.
55. I am thankful I always get to come home to Texas.
54. I am thankful for the education I've been provided, and the life lessons I learned along the way.
53. I am thankful that salvation is by grace through faith, not of myself.
52. I am thankful that when I look someone who is hurting from a broken heart in the eye and tell them that it does get better, I can say it with confidence, from experience.
51. I am thankful for friends who let me make their homes my own personal refuge, and welcome me into their families from time to time.
50. I am thankful that God invented sleep to recharge my batteries.
49. I am thankful that airplanes make long distance visits possible.
48. I am thankful that there's always room in my life for new friends, even when I don't realize I need them.
47. I am thankful that sometimes old friends become new again.
46. I am thankful that there are seasons.
45. I am thankful for the times I sit in awed silence at how wonderfully well God does things.
44. I am thankful that I've had the opportunity to "do life" with 8 amazing women for the last two years.
43. I am thankful for a boss who lives out his strong convictions on a daily basis and makes a difference in the lives of more people than we will ever know on earth.
42. I am thankful for how the Lord puts people in our lives who have a word of grace just when we need to hear it.
41. I am thankful that sometimes God sends people who take care of me, especially when I've worn myself thin trying to take care of others.
40. I am thankful that in every season of life, God's given me enough why's to keep me living for the next season.
39. I am thankful that I could feed of His faithfulness for the rest of my life just based on the things He's done up to now.
38. I am thankful that my family was spared any permanent damage from the recent hurricane.
37. I am thankful for how God gifts each of His children uniquely then puts us all together to learn from one another.
36. I am thankful no two snowflakes are the same.
35. I am thankful that those who look to Him are radiant and their faces are never covered in shame.
34. I am thankful that He who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it.
33. I am thankful that joy comes in the morning.
32. I am thankful that all of God's promises are Yes and Amen in Christ.
31. I am thankful that greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.
30. I am thankful that perfect love casts out all fear.
29. I am thankful that when we confess our sin He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and to purify us from all unrighteousness.
28. I am thankful that when I call on Him, He will answer me and show me great and mighty things which I have not known.
27. I am thankful that when I choose not to worry about anything but pray about everything, He guards my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
26. I am thankful that there is victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
25. I am thankful that all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
24. I am thankful that it is He who fights for me; I need only be still.
23. I am thankful that the Lord is my rock and my refuge, a very present help in times of trouble.
22. I am thankful that God is my glory and the lifter of my head.
21. I am thankful that God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have ever lasting life.
20. I am thankful that His Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
19. I am thankful that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
18. I am thankful that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
17. I am thankful that by His stripes, I am healed.
16. I am thankful that the Lord longs to be gracious to me, He rises to show me compassion.
15. I am thankful that when all is barren, He is worthy to be praised.
14. I am thankful that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
13. I am thankful that joy comes in the morning.
12. I am thankful that he who sows in tears shall reap with joy.
11. I am thankful that God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
10. I am thankful that I was afflicted that I might learn His statutes.
9. I am thankful that I have whatever I ask according to His name.
8. I am thankful that when two or more are gathered in His name, He is there with us.
7. I am thankful that blessed is the man whose God is the Lord.
6. I am thankful that there is no want for the man who fears the Lord.
5. I am thankful to taste and see that God is good.
4. I am thankful that we are his flock, the sheep of his pasture.
3. I am thankful that He owns the cattle on a thousand hills.
2. I am thankful that He is rich in mercy.
1. I am thankful that He is doing a new thing.

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