Thanksgiving 2012

What are you Thankful for?

 

This list of my thanks lacks order of significance or priority, as most—perhaps all—intertwine directly or indirectly with one another,. I am Thankful for:

 

• Eternal Salvation through Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, forgiving for my sin and any who believe in Him as their Savior
  
• Relationship with the Holy Spirit who convicts my heart and conscience and guide my thoughts as He deems appropriate
  
• Ability to Love
  
• Ability to Forgive
  
• Ability to Recognize God's hand, and presence in many circumstances—certainly still room to improve.
  
• Gratitude
  
• Joy
  
• Mercy
  
• God's Sovereignty
  
• God's Provision
  
• God's Protection
  
• Prayer
  
• Parents
  
• Mom marrying Elliott last year—five years after Dad's death
  
• Grandparents—even though they are no longer alive
  
• Nephews—Cooper went straight to Heaven, he was sent for a short mission
  
• Uncles
  
• Aunts
  
• Cousins
  
• Friends
  
• Mentors
  
• Past Family Thanksgiving Dinners
  
• Intense Laughter at Thanksgiving Dinners, and virtually all Family Dinners
  
• Improved and inexpensive communication provided by advancing technology
  
• Opportunity to study at Dallas Theological Seminary, with the great faculty and fellow students
  
• Men's Bible Study group @ PCBC
  
• Ability to Run
  
• Great Coaches, Teammates, and Training Partners who challenged and continue challenging me over the years
  
• Dallas Running Project
  
• TTH
  
• Clothing
  
• Food
  
• Bed
  
• Shelter
  
• Automobile
  
• Ability to Read
  
• Ability to Speak
  
• Ability to Win Speaking Contests
  
• Growing-up on Farm
  
• Growing-up along a River
  
• Hunting
  
• Fishing
  
• Ability to Taste
  
• Ability to Smell—most of the time J
  
• Ability to Touch
  
• Beta Sigma Psi National Lutheran Fraternity
  
• The opportunity to serve numerous organizations
  
• Health—Sick < 11 days cumulative in the last twenty-three years.
  
• The plans God has for me that are not yet revealed
  
• Wisdom from the Holy Spirit
  
• Faith
  

Obviously many specific people and additional items of gratitude fall under each of these categories, and I am most likely inadvertently omitting something and/or someone(s).

 

See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!

Rick

 

Rick E. Meyer

See, Believe, Achieve Inc.

www.rickEmeyer.com