Giving Thanks

I am glad to say that my mother got released from the Hospital today and she is now home.  I would like to thank you for all of your prayers and encouraging words.  Thank you to Pastor Dennis Ashley who stopped by and prayed with my mother and I.  I would like to thank all the nurses once again and the doctors and all the staff for the great care that my mother received.

Most of all I would like to thank the Lord Jesus Christ for His comfort, mercy, and grace.  He is Awesome and always there with us no matter what we may face.  We can trust Him each and everyday of our lives and for all eternity.  We who are believing in Jesus for salvation should be full of thanks for all the Lord has done and is still doing in our lives.

Sometimes we aren't very thankful.  We don't seem very grateful.  Shouldn't we show gratitude toward God and toward others who help us when we are in need and can't help ourselves.  Jesus told us that the greatest commandments are to love the Lord with all of our heart, mind, body, and soul and to love our neighbor as ourselves.  Is that something that we are known for?  It should be.

The thing is that we can't do that on our own.  We can't be loving in our own power.  We need to allow that Holy Spirit to love others through us.  In order to have the Holy Spirit dwell within us we need to have a personal relationship with the Heavenly Father and that is only available through Jesus Christ.

God loved us so much that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to die on the Cross for our sins and who ever repents of their sins and receives Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are saved and headed to Heaven.

What a great hope we have if we know Jesus.  We have to know Him though.  Anybody can come to Him just as they are.  Just go to Him in prayer right now and ask Him into your life and trust in Him and His finished work on the Cross.  Jesus paid it all. 

One day we will have the ultimate Home coming when we go to be with the Lord Jesus for all eternity.  Those of us who are trusting in Jesus have that great promise of Heaven.  What a great Day that will be!

Let us be thankful to the Lord for all He has done for us.  May we be thankful for all the people God puts in our path to help us in our life's journey.  I wish I could name everyone who has been so helpful  in my life thus far, but the list would be very long.  The Lord knows who you are and I pray that He will bless you greatly and I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to each one of you.

Thank you also to all of you who take time and read my blog postings.  I really appreciate it and I hope that you receive a great blessing and encouragement from them. 

May the Lord bless you and keep you as you follow Him and trust Him with your lives.

Lord,
Thank You for Your healing touch on my mother and that she is home again.
Thank You for Your goodness and Your mercy.
Bless us now O Lord and help us to be more thankful.
In Jesus name,
Amen.