In keeping with the thoughts of Thanksgiving this month, I read this passage from a book the other day and it hit home for me.
It hit home because I had had a very difficult day.
It was a day I had to cry out to the Lord many times for Him to help.
He did.
And He continued to do so:
Yesterday, I had a child bring me flowers to school. That was a lift I needed.
The Lord also kept urging me to read some more from the book I mentioned above. I haven't had a chance to read it in a while. I think He wanted to teach me something. This is what I read:
"All through Scripture we are told that the proper response of a believer to God is to give thanks for everything: 'Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you' (I Thessalonians 5:18). This book of wisdom exhorts us to receive everything with a grateful heart, realizing that we do not have it coming to us; it is a gift of God. Even if it is painful for the moment, a wise Father has chosen it for us, and it will yield to us great and rich benefits. You can be as grateful for the pain as for the pleasure."
~ Is This All There Is To Life? Ray Stedman
Even though my day was difficult and there was pain in my heart, I am to thank the Lord for it. I am to have a grateful heart.
Thank you, Lord, for what you are teaching me.
1 comment:
Lifting you up in prayer! Hope today is much better! :) Thanks for sharing the excerpt from the devotion!
Guess what I'll be doing this afternoon??? "Cornhuskin'" ...bring back memories??? :)
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