Thankful Thursday

 

 

My God is trustworthy

 

He is the creator of the universe

 

He knows each star by name

 

He has established order and placement of stars, galaxies, and solar systems

 

And God holds all of this in the palm of His hands!

 

He is a big God

 

and that's a severe understatement

 

At times I can begin to wonder if my miniscule presence in the midst of this enormous creation even catches His attention

 

I have a feeling of insignificance at times

 

But...

 

I love that word

 

it indicates a shift; a change in direction

 

and when you add a name after it

 

suddenly it gains importance

 

But God...

 

I'm so thankful for that short phrase found in Eph. 2

 

"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He love us..."

 

who did He love?

 

God loves me, and you, and all of the yous who have ever lived

 

and because of that love He sent Jesus, His beloved and perfect Son, to offer us grace

 

this same Jesus now sits next to God the Father, praying for me!

 

Oh how thankful I am for those prayers

 

Last week I told you about my little detour

 

during that drive, I had a conversation with God

 

I knew He knew about my son's need of a truck

 

I also believed that God had a truck for Adam, and He wanted us to ask Him to provide that truck and trust Him to do it

 

so I asked

 

I invited God to show off and reveal His glory by providing a truck for Adam

 

I wanted my son to see God move

 

I wanted his faith to be strengthened and encouraged

 

I won't go into all the details, but let me just go on record to say that God answered that invitation

 

Adam was given a truck, which he picked up today

 

And my faith was once again bolstered

 

I'm thankful God hears when I call

 

I'm thankful He knows me completely

 

I'm grateful He cares about every little detail

 

Scripture says He even has every hair on my head counted!

 

so when I start to get discouraged and feeling insignificant

 

I go back to that little phrase with a big meaning

 

But God...

 

I'm thankful He has redeemed me

 

and adopted me into His family

 

I'm eternally grateful my name is written in the Lamb's book of life

 

I have an inheritance that won't pass away

 

I can say along with the psalmist,

 

"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have ordained; what is man, that You take thought of him?  And the son of man, that You care for him?"

 

I'm so thankful He cares

 

And grateful He demonstrates that caring in tangible ways that I can see