“Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the sound of singing.”
thanksgiving and the sound of singing.”
Isaiah 51:3 (NIV)
Wow! My FIRST “Thankful Thursday” post. I have much for which to be thankful and try to express my sincerely thankful heart regularly here on Joy In The Truth. Giving thanks to Him in all circumstances brings glory to His Name. I believe a thankful heart ushers us into His presence. Truly, a thankful heart is a happy heart.
Today I want to join in “Thankful Thursday” (which several of my Bloggityville friends already do regularly). Thanks for welcoming me to ride along! Thank you Sonya at Truth 4 The Journey (who is a friend of my friend Chatty Kelly).
I am so thankful to the Lord for:
1. God’s Word, His Truth, His salvation, His grace and mercy, His unchanging and unconditional love. I am thankful His Word delights our souls! “I will delight in Your decrees. I will not neglect Your Word.” Psalm 119:16
2. My husband, Jim, and our cherubs, Joshua and Gabrielle. They are treasures to me. I am thankful to the Lord for these good and perfect gifts from Him! “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, Who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17
3. My girlfriends who love me purely, who are committed to nurturing our friendship, who boldly and gently speak the truth in love, who bless me beyond measure with their grace and who don’t throw out the baby (me) with the bath water (my yet-to-be-refined uglies)! “The pleasantness of one’s friend springs from [her] earnest counsel.” Proverbs 27:9
4. My part-time job as assistant to two of our youth pastors at church. It is a privilege to serve the Lord by serving them. On Monday, I was extra-thankful for my job (the best in the world!) because our office is on the other side of the wall from our sizable sanctuary where “Rush of Fools” was LIVE doing a special Monday morning chapel for our high school students! My desk was shaking and my chair was rocking! How about singing worship and praise while I worked!?!? “Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His footstool; He is holy.” Psalm 99:5
5. For a “secret” friend of mine who generously and thoughtfully went to the nail salon I frequent and paid for my manicure on Tuesday (before I arrived). You know who you are, and so do I. You touched my heart! Thank you. “…let beauty treatments be given to them.” Esther 2:3
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving
and His courts with praise;
and His courts with praise;
give thanks to Him and praise His name.”
Psalm 100:4