Today's Thankful Thursday's theme is ~ Looking BackI have to admit that I have a difficult time looking back. I am grateful that the Lord always steadies me for today and reminds me that He never changes and will be with me today and I'm not to worry about tomorrow. I hold fast to those promises.
However, to look back with thankfulness is a different story. I am thankful for so many things in this last year. I have read through the Bible once again and feel like I found things hidden in God's Word that have helped me immensely.
I am thankful for the opportunities to share my faith with the people we have come into contact with while volunteering at Angel Food Ministries.
I am thankful for my husband and his walk with the Lord being strong this past year. It has blessed my son and I in amazing ways. I am also thankful for his employment and that being such a blessing to him.
I am thankful for my son learning to take time to be with the Lord on his own. And the admission that when he fails to do so, he is not the same and has a harder go of things in this life. I am thankful for the tender Spirit that God has cultivated in this young man.
I am thankful for the diagnosis given of my heart condition and the promptings that it has given me to pray harder for my daughter to come home to the Lord.
I am thankful for bloggy friends. There are some special Christian women out there who have touched my heart. When I began the journey of blogging I did not think that was possible because of past hurts but if I've said it once, I've said it 100 times...God is so good!
These are some of the things I am thankful for in 2008. If you would like to join in this Thankful Thursday post...our hostess is Iris at Grace Alone.
May God bless you this upcoming year. Hugs to you, my sisters!
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33 comments:
Hey Debra! I love your list of thankful blessings! You are blessed and you are a blessing.
We have started Angel Food Ministries at our church a couple of months ago...what a blessing that is.
Be bountifully blessed in 2009!
Happy New Year and Happy TT!
God truly is good, isn't He? I enjoyed reading your list of blessing, Debra. Happy Thankful Thursday and praying God's blessings for you and yours in the upcoming year.
Wow.. what a year full of blessings and faithfulness from the Lord!
Happy New Year, Debra!
May you be blessed in 2009, and way beyond. I love you.
I love your heart my friend. I can't wait to get to hang out with you this year and have our families really get to be friends.
Hugs.
Kim
Thankful for you too sister. Happy New Year!
I'm thankful that I met you in 2008! God bless you Debra. I look forward to many sharing days ahead in 2009.
God bless you!
Love!
Beth
May the Lord bless you even more in 2009. I hope I can say that my daughters have made their relationship with the Lord more of their own in 2009. Amanda:)
Blessings for a fantabulous 2009!! I will put your daughter on my prayer list!! Thanks for your new friendship in 2008-- looking forward to a great 2009!!
God is good! Thank you for sharing your thankful heart. It is always an encouragement to read how the Lord is working in the lives of others. Blessings, Tammy
What a great way to look back. Thank you for blessing me this year as well!
What a great way to look back and I am thankful that the Lord has brought us together via bloggyland! Have a blessed 2009 dear friend!
XOXO ~Stacey
Debra,
What a beautiful and honest post. You have touched this girls life so much since we met via blogging...I love you sister. Your posts & comments always encourage me. Your family is so beautiful. Happy New Year to you!
XO,
Mimi
Thank you so much for being such a wonderful bloggy friend in 2008. You always have such wonderful and kind things to say to me and I can always tell that they are from the heart. I just want you to know that you have really touched my life.
Here is to wishing you a wonderful 2009 filled with happiness, health, love and laughter!!
Hugs,
Lisa
How awesome that you are even thankful for the diagnosis you received about your heart condition! God is good and nothing He allows to come into our lives is wasted. You have such a tender heart too and to read that you have more of an urgency to pray for your daughter. God loves her more than you can ever know. I will join you in that prayer for her. A big hug to you, Debra.
I like your background!
I have heard good things about Angel Food Ministries, how wonderful you are part of that.
Thanks for sharing your thankfulness with us today. Happy New Year!
I like your background!
I have heard good things about Angel Food Ministries, how wonderful you are part of that.
Thanks for sharing your thankfulness with us today. Happy New Year!
Debra - Happy New Year!
You are such a treat and I'm so thankful for your friendship, encouragment and prayers!
I love you!
Jill
Great list of thanks. Looking back is not easy...especially when you see heartache and hurt. God is faithful through good and bad time and I am so thankful that HE gives us hope!
I am thankful for you!
Happy New Year!
Darlene
Oh how I wish for my sons to learn that! Oh It's a prayer of my heart.
Amen, sister. There is always much to be thankful for, even in the midst of difficulty. God is always faithful!
Love you!
Hi Debra,
You have such a sweet way of writing. So gentle and loving!!!
I'm glad we met here, and I look forward getting to know you more!!
HUGS,
Alicia
Happy New Year!
2008 was an amazing year for our family...but we're even more excited for 2009. After talking about it for about 2 years, we finally got the ball rolling on adoption...and 2009 ought to see us welcoming a precious, eternal soul into our home.
I'm VERY thankful for your friendship. I look forward to the day when I can actually give you a real hug instead of a cyber hug.
Blessings upon you and yours.
Love,
Patti
I am so glad 22008 was so good to you and hope 2009 brings you many blessings.
Reading your Thankful Thursday posts are like a shot of good medicine for the soul. I love your insight and how your share your heart so openly. You really have been blessed.
Happy 2009!
Wishing you and your family a New Year filled with His Spirit and Blessings!
~Mrs.Cuddles
http://cuddlesonthecouch.blogspot.com/
Thank you for sharing your 2008 blessings on TT! How awesome it is to look back and realize just how faithful God is and how He really blesses us - even in ways we don't often realize right away.
What a great list my friend! GOd is so good. He always takes care of us and He always provides.
Take care my friend!
May you have a blessed 2009!
A very blessed and joyous New Year to you, Debra! Thank God for His loving-kindness and blessings upon you. May God's love, mercies and blessings continue to surround you and your family this year.
Thanks for all your prayers and encouragements. I thank God for you and many blogging friends who have been such great encouragements to me. May the joy of our Lord continue to be your strength as you walk with Him and serve Him this year. Take care God bless!
Love your thankful post! You have such a thankful heart. Happy New Year!
Beautiful list of thankfulness friend! As usual, I enjoyed reading it!
I am beyond thankful for my blogging friends of 2008. You are one that I call dear. Thank you. May 2009 be a year of beauty for you! One that shows you how very precious you are!
Happy New Year!
I'll be back soon.
Love,
Tiffany
I love your thankful heart. Your faith shines so brightly through your blog. God is Good, all the time. Happy New Year!!
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