Happy Thanksgiving!
HI FRIENDS! Happy Wonderful Thanksgiving to you. I wish you the best of times with your family and friends this year!
I am so blessed to have both my family and my husband's family to spend time with this Thanksgiving. It has been such a transition, and I have be anxious about making sure we spend time with both sides equally. The holidays are so special to me (as I have mention before) and I want to make it so for everyone around me. It has been a balance, but it is one that I am thankful to have! I am so excited to be spending my first holiday season married to the man of my dreams! This will be our third Thanksgiving together and they will just keep getting better!
On this day of thanks and turkey, I wanted to share a passage with you that God has laid on my heart.
"Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life." Lamentations 3:56-58
If you have been following along this month, you know that I have been doing Thankfulness Thursday. Well, today I want to share what I am truly most thankful for above all else.
That God has heard my voice.
That God draws near to me.
That God pleads for my soul.
That God has redeemed my life.
I have been abundantly blessed in this life. I have been given a wonderful man who loves me more than I deserve. Parents who have brought me up in the Word of God, who have patiently endured my struggles with me. A job to help provide food for my little family. Opportunities. Friendships. The material things that I need.
Truly, God has given me so much and I still cannot fathom why He bothers with a broken, sinful soul like me. I am thankful, but not nearly as thankful as I should be.
Moreover than those earthly blessings, I am thankful for God's mercy on me. He hears my cries when I am broken. He pulls me up into His love when I have wandered off. He knows my soul deeply, through and through. He knows the ugliest, most selfish and sinful parts of my being. He knows the darkness and the hate that struggles with His Spirit within me. He knows every single thought and feeling that passes through my mind and heart. Still, He is on my side, and He has taken up my cause, fighting for me daily and hourly, minute by minute.
He has paid for my soul. He has taken on my sin and evil heart, and He has sacrificed himself for my life, knowing I will never be able to repay Him for it.
When I fail and trip up and fall down into myself, He redeems me.
God has redeemed my life.
Friend, whoever you are, wherever you are in life, this Thanksgiving, know God can redeem you. Know that He hears your cries, and He aches to draw near to you. He wants to redeem you if you will only let Him.
If you do anything this holiday season, let God redeem you. I promise you will be the better for it.
