Thankful Thursday

 

 

I met with my protégé last evening

 

we were talking about grace

 

specifically about extending the grace we have received to those around us; especially our wives

 

I am very thankful for the grace God has shown me

 

thankful for salvation that comes by grace through faith

 

I'm thankful for God's word and the opportunity to study it together with other men

 

It was encouraging and challenging to do that last evening

 

I'm thankful for the opportunities God has given me to invest in others

 

One of those opportunities is coming up on Saturday when I will be using my musical gifts to participate in a funeral service

 

I'm honored to be asked to do this, and grateful for the relational growth that comes out of it

 

Often in these situations, I don't feel worthy

 

But I'm thankful God chooses to use me as His servant, not based on my worth, but based on the redemptive work of Christ's shed blood on the cross

 

Because I've been washed clean, He sees me as righteous

 

Thankful for the mystery of His transforming power

 

and so grateful He called me out of darkness into His glorious light

 

I'm thankful for those who walk this journey alongside me

 

as we talked last evening, one of the verses we looked at was in 1 Peter 3 where we are told as husbands that our wives are fellow heirs of the grace of life

 

So thankful for my wife, thankful she is also my sister in Christ

 

grateful for the conversations we can have about faith

 

as we trust God in this new season of our lives, and seek His direction for how we can serve Him as a couple, I'm thankful we have a shared vision

 

the road ahead may be uncertain, but I'm thankful for the confidence that we will walk that road together

 

I'm thankful for the many ways God has poured out His blessing in my life

 

His mercies are new every morning

 

He is compassionate and gracious

 

He does not look on my needs with reproach, but gives generously

 

and He calls me to follow His example and be generous in my responses to others

 

I'm thankful for His patience with me when I stumble along

 

And grateful that He continually upholds me with His righteous right hands

 

I'm very thankful that a day is coming when I will see Jesus and God the Father face to face and forever be in awe of Him and worship Him as He truly deserves