July 10, 2015
I am just grateful today! Grateful that God has orchestrated the exact people, places and things in my life just as they were supposed to be, exactly as I needed. I have not always known that at the time, but, I have always learned and grown out of every struggle or challenge that I have walked through.
Life doesn’t make
sense…I don’t think it is suppose to. I
have been hurt, lied to, cheated on, insulted, judged, accused wrongly, used
and abused. During these seasons of trial
it can sometimes take me a minute to get through them. I put up my walls to protect myself from the
pain. The reality is…”Everything Happens
for a Reason”. I many not know what that
reason is, but, God sure does and He is always protecting me through it
all. I don’t need to put up my walls
anymore; He has put them up for all around me already with His ever-loving arms
of grace. So for that I am waking up
every day with at happy and grateful heart and I proclaim that out loud.
This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.Psalm 118:24 (ESV)
let us rejoice and be glad in it.Psalm 118:24 (ESV)
Give
thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for
you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (ESV)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.Psalm 136:(ESV)
Every good
gift and every perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
James 1:17(ESV)
Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
Hebrews 12:28 (ESV)
Can you and I
not be living a life of gratitude when we meditate on these and so many more
scriptures of truth and promised from our Father. Amen
Written by
Kelly Dobyns
Kelly Dobyns
God gives us so much to be grateful for every day. Sometimes we are so distracted that we do not even seem to notice. Take time to smell His roses and let Him know that you are grateful for all He does for you.
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This is hard to do at times, and yet if we work towards making gratitude as our "normal", it can be easier to hold onto Him when life gets ugly. I am grateful for you, Kelly and all of the talented women whose writings inspire me each time I read these posts!
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