Thursday, April 1, 2010

34 Reasons to Thank GOD!!!!

I have far more than 34 reasons to praise the name of the LORD. Since I'm celebrating turning 34 I will share 34 things I am ever so grateful for.

Thank YOU for……(in no special order)

1. Saving me from a life of sin.

2. Calling me into YOUR family as one of YOUR children.

3. Blessing me with two parents who love me and did the best they could to make me the woman I am today. I love them more than I can ever show or tell!

4. Blessing me with 2 sisters and a brother who love me and are genuinely my friends. I love them more than words can express!

5. Blessing me with 7 handsome nephews of whom I am peacock proud. I love them like I birthed them myself!

6. Sending a man in my life who knows YOU, seeks YOU and loves me and treats me like the queen I am. Thank YOU for allowing me to see the GOD in him.

7. Blessing me with real friends who have been by my side through it all. My aces! My queens!

8. Providing me with a family that loves all the way!

9. Giving me direction and purpose to live this life with meaning!

10. A discerning spirit.

11. Wisdom!

12. Giving me the strength to overcome some tough life challenges.

13. Giving me the desire to live in YOUR will.

14. Allowing me to elevate my mind through education.

15. Providing me with the opportunity to touch other people’s lives.

16. Always providing for me.

17. Being faithful to me even when I was not faithful to YOU.

18. Allowing me to see the Motherland!

19. My health.

20. Loving me enough to allow YOUR SON to die for me!!!!

21. My home.

22. Removing worry and doubt from my mind.

23. Removing toxic people from my life.

24. Giving me a thirst for YOUR WORD!

25. Grace, YOUR unmerited favor over my life!

26. Mercy, not doing to me what I truly deserve.

27. The fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, meekness, faithfulness, self-control) and continuing to cultivate it in me.

28. Ordering my steps.

29. Making me comfortable in the skin I’m in.

30. Making all things work together for my good! The good the bad and the ugly!

31. My life!!!!!!

32. Being GOD!!

33. JESUS!

34. YOUR HOLY SPIRIT!!!

One to grow on……

35. Thank YOU for the best that is still yet to come!

I LOVE YOU LORD AND I AM EVER SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BLESSED ME TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE!

Peace & Blessings!

IJ