I wrote this last year around Thanksgiving. It was one of those moments where I was missing my Mom, and waiting to find out if my Dad was going to have dinner with us, or if there was going to be a family plan. God brought to my mind just a few of the ways He has blessed me, so that I could 'be thankful in all things,' even when missing my Mom.
1Thessalonians 5:18 ~ 'In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.'
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I was sitting here waiting for a phone call regarding Thanksgiving Day, and I began to think about all the ways that God has blessed me, and for how much I have to be thankful. I am warm, fed, safe, and clean, clothed, and my immediate needs are met, but more than that...I am blessed with two sleeping sons, one snoring softly from having a cold (Jordan). It hasn't been that long ago that I would avoid church on Mother's Day, because on that day, and other times, my empty arms felt too heavy to bear. But God had a plan, to give me a hope and a future, to give me the desires of my heart...to make me 'the joyful mother of children.' It may not have come about in the usual ways, but Roman and Jordan are my children still, carried for years in the womb of my soul. Like any mother, I'm terribly thankful when they finally fall asleep at night (lol), but even more thankful when, in the morning, they come to my bed and snuggle with me to wake me up, Jordan kissing me and saying he's hun'ry, while Roman molds his body as close to me as he can, saying 'scooch Mommy,' (which is our weird word for snuggling close) only to fall asleep again while I rub their heads, and draw their faces with my fingers. Finally my alarm will go off and we must leave the warmth of the bed to meet the day, and so out we go to the living room, where Roman grabs one of the blankets and snuggles himself in big green chair. I prepare breakfast, talking with the boys about the day ahead, and we pray together for God to be with each of us. I am so thankful for all those moments, and so many more, so many that I can only hold them in my heart by the Grace of Christ, for He gave me each and every one of them.
And of course how can I not mention the thankfulness I have for my husband? Patient and kind, not self serving, never rude, boastful or proud; although I have many times wronged Brent by my words or actions, he never keeps record. Brent always protects, trusts, and hopes for the best for me and our boys. In his desire to take care of us, he always perserveres. Brent is to me the epitome of 1 Corinthians 13. Tonight he had to go to bed early because he has to get up at 2 am to go to work. And he does it for us. He prays for us, loves us, and leads us in so many quiet ways. Our boys look to him, even when he doesn't realize it, and emulate him in all sorts of ways. I am thankful to have a strong, Christian husband who not only loves me and our children, but has a fierce and unbreakable love for Jesus. It is my honor to be his wife, to lift him in prayer, to love and follow him as he leads our family with a gentle strength not many possess. Before I knew the desire of wanting children, I prayed for a loving, kind husband, who loved God with all of his heart, all of his mind, and all of soul. Jesus gave to me out of His abundance, and answered that prayer more fully than I could understand.
I am thankful for my brother and his family, and for my Dad, and for my Mom. I am thankful that we are all believers in Christ and that we will be together forever someday in Heaven with Jesus. I am thankful for all of Brent's extended family, and I pray for each of them, that they would receive the fullness of God's blessing on their lives and have joy unspeakable, and full of glory. I love them so! I am thankful for the friends God has given me, the special, close bond I share with some of them, knowing that they lift me up in prayer when I need it, and that I do the same for them. What a blessing to be able to go to God in prayer. I am thankful, and give God the glory for all He has given, for all He has done...for all that HE IS.
1Thessalonians 5:18 ~ 'In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.'
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I was sitting here waiting for a phone call regarding Thanksgiving Day, and I began to think about all the ways that God has blessed me, and for how much I have to be thankful. I am warm, fed, safe, and clean, clothed, and my immediate needs are met, but more than that...I am blessed with two sleeping sons, one snoring softly from having a cold (Jordan). It hasn't been that long ago that I would avoid church on Mother's Day, because on that day, and other times, my empty arms felt too heavy to bear. But God had a plan, to give me a hope and a future, to give me the desires of my heart...to make me 'the joyful mother of children.' It may not have come about in the usual ways, but Roman and Jordan are my children still, carried for years in the womb of my soul. Like any mother, I'm terribly thankful when they finally fall asleep at night (lol), but even more thankful when, in the morning, they come to my bed and snuggle with me to wake me up, Jordan kissing me and saying he's hun'ry, while Roman molds his body as close to me as he can, saying 'scooch Mommy,' (which is our weird word for snuggling close) only to fall asleep again while I rub their heads, and draw their faces with my fingers. Finally my alarm will go off and we must leave the warmth of the bed to meet the day, and so out we go to the living room, where Roman grabs one of the blankets and snuggles himself in big green chair. I prepare breakfast, talking with the boys about the day ahead, and we pray together for God to be with each of us. I am so thankful for all those moments, and so many more, so many that I can only hold them in my heart by the Grace of Christ, for He gave me each and every one of them.
And of course how can I not mention the thankfulness I have for my husband? Patient and kind, not self serving, never rude, boastful or proud; although I have many times wronged Brent by my words or actions, he never keeps record. Brent always protects, trusts, and hopes for the best for me and our boys. In his desire to take care of us, he always perserveres. Brent is to me the epitome of 1 Corinthians 13. Tonight he had to go to bed early because he has to get up at 2 am to go to work. And he does it for us. He prays for us, loves us, and leads us in so many quiet ways. Our boys look to him, even when he doesn't realize it, and emulate him in all sorts of ways. I am thankful to have a strong, Christian husband who not only loves me and our children, but has a fierce and unbreakable love for Jesus. It is my honor to be his wife, to lift him in prayer, to love and follow him as he leads our family with a gentle strength not many possess. Before I knew the desire of wanting children, I prayed for a loving, kind husband, who loved God with all of his heart, all of his mind, and all of soul. Jesus gave to me out of His abundance, and answered that prayer more fully than I could understand.
I am thankful for my brother and his family, and for my Dad, and for my Mom. I am thankful that we are all believers in Christ and that we will be together forever someday in Heaven with Jesus. I am thankful for all of Brent's extended family, and I pray for each of them, that they would receive the fullness of God's blessing on their lives and have joy unspeakable, and full of glory. I love them so! I am thankful for the friends God has given me, the special, close bond I share with some of them, knowing that they lift me up in prayer when I need it, and that I do the same for them. What a blessing to be able to go to God in prayer. I am thankful, and give God the glory for all He has given, for all He has done...for all that HE IS.
Jeremiah 29:11
Psalm 37:4
Psalm 113:9
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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