Last night our fam' went to Willow Creek Community Church www.willowcreek.org for a Thanksgiving service. It was one of those depleting days where the only thing you want to do is go home, breathe in and out and wait for a new, fresh day to start. Something kept drawing me to go to the service though.......It was as if God blew His breath of air into my soul to clear away the mounds of dust of indifference in my life.
There is a ton to share from the service, but I will only share a bit. I highly recommend listening to the service though. There is a testimony that will blow you away!
One part that smacked me across the face (as we approach Thanksgiving tomorrow) was the parable where Jesus, out of His graciousness, heals the 10 lepers. The lepers were so overwhelmed at their newfound healing and freedom that they took off running in excitement to show everyone what God had done. One, only one, stopped himself in his steps to turn back around and bow before God in adoration and thankfulness for granting him healing. God was like 'No prob', but hey, I healed 10 of you and you are thee ONLY one who came back to thank me?! Where the heck did the rest of those yahoos go?!?
They forgot. It's so easy to forget. It's so easy to praise the created and forget the Creator. Too often we bask in our joys and blessings and forget those days of longing for those blessings.
So this Thanksgiving I pray that we all stop and give ultimate thanks to God. It wasn't but a few years ago that I thought God had forgotten the desires of my heart. But when I wake next to my husband and look deeply into my daughter's eyes I feel foolish for thinking that God would ever forget. He stores all our tears in a jar and turns it into the finest of wine....in His timing.
Thanks - giving for and to you!
1 comment:
She is such a honey! I know what you mean about hats, I am the same, and the shoe fetish is starting soon.
Hope you had an awesome thanksgiving
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