Thankful, #6

     I am thankful for people who "push" you to serve God... you know, push in a good way. I guess what I really mean is those who encourage you to walk with Him. The ones you know are praying for you, even if they haven't told you they are. The ones who sacrifice their time, desires, money - and so much more - to help give you a solid foundation.The ones who always, always, always point you to Christ. Who tell you to look up. Where would I be without those people? Certainly not even near as close to my Savior as I am now.

     

     "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:" 

     ~ Hebrews 10:24

     "Wherefore seeing we also are compasses about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

     ~ Hebrews 12:1-2

  

In Christ alone, 

Thankful, #3

     I am thankful for beauty and nature. Fall, as it turns out, is one of my favorite seasons (Spring is my other favorite season, and I can never decide between the two :D). One of my favorite things about fall is the way the sun shines through the multi-colored leaves... Sometimes it feels a little silly to just say that I am thankful for beauty. But beauty reminds me of who God is. To me, it reveals some of His characteristics - like love and purity.

     "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good..."
     ~ Genesis 1:31

     "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handywork."
     ~ Psalm 19:1

     "One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."
     ~ Psalm 27:4


In Christ alone,

Hello!

     Hello, out there! It's been a while...
     Hopefully I will continue this blog, we'll see. I plan to, anyway.
     You know, a lot can happen in 11 months... and I mean a LOT! I guess I'll save my "list" of changes for next month, though, just because :D.
     From now until Thanksgiving I am going to (attempt to) post one thing I am thankful for a day, starting with today. Today's thankful thing is:

     I am thankful for God's love. The more you contemplate how much He loves us, the more you can't help but love Him back. He loved us so much... we are so unworthy... we can never serve Him enough!

     "...God is love"
     ~ 1 John 4:8

     "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
     ~ Philippians 2:6-8

     "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
     ~ Romans 5:8

     "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
     ~ John 3:16


In Christ Alone,