Thankful
In America,
we celebrate Thanksgiving this week. This is a time that we come together with
our families, friends, and other loved ones and we share quality time and great
food. Sometimes we even have the opportunity to go serve others that may not be
afforded these same luxuries. It’s a time to be thankful and grateful for who
God is and what He’s done. We can sit around our tables overflowing with
delicious food, watching football, and putting up our Christmas decorations.
A tradition
in my family is to bless the food we are about to receive and then each person
in attendance says what they’re thankful for. It’s something I always look
forward to before we eat together but I started thinking about the things we
always say. Things like “good health, family, friends, love, and being together
today” are a common theme. But this year, we won’t be spending this day with
our family. Not because we’re overseas, but because we’ve started a new chapter
in our lives and the hubby’s coaching schedule is just too tight to permit a
trip home. This has given me time to think about what I’m really thankful for
since I don’t have my family right in front of me. They are my obvious choices
but there are so many things I can’t see that I am thankful for.
I’m grateful
that God loved me even when I didn’t love Him back. I’m thankful that God saw
my heart even when I tried to hide it from Him. My heart is full because
although I was unfaithful to Him for so long, He still saw fit to fit me to a
man that would love me as He does. I’m giving thanks that although my body
hasn’t given birth to a child, that God allowed me to marry someone that would
not only give me his last name but would allow me to help him raise his child.
I appreciate God for allowing my heart to be broken by the counterfeit so I
could have a greater appreciation for how healing real love is. I praise God
because He rescued me from my broken self and gave me beauty for the ashes of
my messed up life. It is because of the Lord I was forced to look at the ugliness
of my heart so He could give me a heart of flesh. God’s goodness took a
promiscuous girl who used her body to get attention to a wife who values
herself. He graced me with an opportunity to see the power in submission even
though it took me years to figure out how to submit to Him. It’s because of the
love of God that I realized that I was beautiful no matter what other people said
because I have been created in His image. I rejoice in God that He has not
forgotten me even though I made decisions without Him time and time again. The
love that God has for me took my negative perception of myself and gave me a
confidence that rests in Him, not man.
Who God says I am doesn’t condemn me because of my past but it chooses
me in spite of that same shattered past. Anticipation for my future rests in
His promises for me even though I broke my promises to Him time and time again.
I give Him thanks that He didn’t allow my husband to leave me because of my
inability to be a wife after God’s heart. I am persuaded that God went to hell
for me and rescued my soul back from a home I was destined for.
I AM
THANKFUL THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE GOD WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE!
With All My Love,
Mrs. Truscott
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