Happy Thanksgiving
(Pictures from my Grandma's house)
I hope I am thankful. My sentiments at times seem such crude things. I have been lavished
beyond reckoning--The LORD is truly a God of mercy. God be Glorified! "Not unto us o LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory!" Grant that our souls may be singular in their desire for Thy glory. Strengthen us o LORD that our weaknesses do not lead us into self-centeredness. Lord, help us to praise Thee 
well.
I have been given much--so much that any relatively exhaustive list seems out of the question, yet I shall put in brief various blessings for which I am thankful.
1. For God's Perfection. (For existing by virtue of Himself and no other--for His goodness, truth, and beauty. That HE IS the great I AM)
2. For His Son (Our blessed hope: our glorious great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, "Who gave Himself for us to redeem us of all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people of His very own, eager to do what is good")
3. For His Justice and Grace--that His love and wrath do not conflict, but that in complete perfection, simple unity, He Is. That to save us He does not forgo His righteousness
4. For my Family and Friends (Who have shown me so very consistently the love of God and taught me how to love)
5. For my Pets.
6. For the Trees and Leaves that rustle in the wind (oh yes, and for the wind).
7. For the sound there of (see 6)--for that matter every sound.
8. For the logical principle on which the whole of creation exists--that we subsist in You and thus cannot escape You. Thank You that we cannot live apart from You.
9. For that water pump and swing (see the pictures) that I oft played with when the world was more real to me.
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God shall I continue? For whom shall I speak--You know...but I am loved and thus constrained to speak. Thou knowest all, but woe to the man who does not speak and tell...such blessings may be spoken of forever, for they flow from a source of infinite goodness. Truly. But may we not become so occupied with the blessings Thou hast given us that we neglect the Hand that hath granted them.
I hope I am thankful. My sentiments at times seem such crude things. I have been lavished
beyond reckoning--The LORD is truly a God of mercy. God be Glorified! "Not unto us o LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory!" Grant that our souls may be singular in their desire for Thy glory. Strengthen us o LORD that our weaknesses do not lead us into self-centeredness. Lord, help us to praise Thee 
well.I have been given much--so much that any relatively exhaustive list seems out of the question, yet I shall put in brief various blessings for which I am thankful.
1. For God's Perfection. (For existing by virtue of Himself and no other--for His goodness, truth, and beauty. That HE IS the great I AM)
2. For His Son (Our blessed hope: our glorious great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, "Who gave Himself for us to redeem us of all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people of His very own, eager to do what is good")
3. For His Justice and Grace--that His love and wrath do not conflict, but that in complete perfection, simple unity, He Is. That to save us He does not forgo His righteousness
4. For my Family and Friends (Who have shown me so very consistently the love of God and taught me how to love)
5. For my Pets.
6. For the Trees and Leaves that rustle in the wind (oh yes, and for the wind).
7. For the sound there of (see 6)--for that matter every sound.
8. For the logical principle on which the whole of creation exists--that we subsist in You and thus cannot escape You. Thank You that we cannot live apart from You.
9. For that water pump and swing (see the pictures) that I oft played with when the world was more real to me.
...
God shall I continue? For whom shall I speak--You know...but I am loved and thus constrained to speak. Thou knowest all, but woe to the man who does not speak and tell...such blessings may be spoken of forever, for they flow from a source of infinite goodness. Truly. But may we not become so occupied with the blessings Thou hast given us that we neglect the Hand that hath granted them.
1 Comments:
Your thanks to God for being holy really resonated in light of everything we've been reading in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. He's utterly perfect--give us 600 laws and we're still nowhere close.
Thanks for the pictures, too. :)
Hope your break is a blessing...see you Monday!
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