Day 15
Psalm 50:14–15, 23
Plenty of occasions exist in life where
being thankful is the last thing you feel
like doing, where nothing seems good
or gratitude-worthy.
Today, I’d like you to make a list of all
the difficult things in your life. Spell
them out, as detailed as you want.
Then use this list as a prompt for
giving thanks. That may seem strange—
or impossible! We’re not expected to
thank God “for” things that are sinful.
But we can give thanks “in everything,”
knowing that God is still God and He
uses all things in this fallen world to
accomplish His purposes.
Begin to track the ways that God is
using these circumstances in your life.
Perhaps they’re causing you to become
more dependent on Him, or to call upon
Him in prayer, or to exercise faith in
His promises. When we call upon our
Lord “in the day of trouble” (Psalm
50:15), with minds set on glorifying
Him, He does marvelous things in the
midst of our pain and sorrow. Thank
Him by faith that He can use each of
these situations as a means to display
His glory.
I don't know why, but reviewing this reminded me to pray for my husband. This post "hit close to the heart" for me personally, but going over it again, I thought..."I need to get pass the hurt and get back into praying for him!"
Living at my parents can be really difficult on so many levels!!! But I can be thankful for the chance to grow in my faith and to use this time to teach and be an example for our kids!
I REALLY don't like going through this hard time and dealing with consequences of sinful choices, yet I am thankful that God loves me enough to "prune" and mold me! Get I get an amen!?! *wink*
I don't know why, but reviewing this reminded me to pray for my husband. This post "hit close to the heart" for me personally, but going over it again, I thought..."I need to get pass the hurt and get back into praying for him!"
Living at my parents can be really difficult on so many levels!!! But I can be thankful for the chance to grow in my faith and to use this time to teach and be an example for our kids!
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. Jeremiah 18:4
I REALLY don't like going through this hard time and dealing with consequences of sinful choices, yet I am thankful that God loves me enough to "prune" and mold me! Get I get an amen!?! *wink*
“Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;fn and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit." John 15:2
What are some ways you are thankful for the difficult and perhaps painful circumstances in your life?
For HIS Glory,
