Giving Thanks

[thirsty]

I have been going through a difficult time in last few years due to illness and find myself complaining to God how bad things are. I cry to the Lord because of my condition. I know that the Father does not want us sick or to go through trails but He allows hard times in our lives to bring us into deeper fellowship with Him or to prepare us for our purpose in life.
My life is a struggle now but I know it could be alot worse. I have had to sit back and take stock of my situation.
I watch the news and read the papers. I hear about familys being destroyed because their loved ones have been killed in accidents or murdered. I see what is happening in Iraq and the middle east. As I sit in my house and watch all this I have realized just how selfish I have become. There are many people who do not have a home either by finacial problems or family troubles. Parents are looking for their children and there are many who will never come home. People hungry and alone and if they died no one would even notice.
Everyday I get to watch my daughter go off to school and come home. She is healthy and happy as much as a 11 year old can be. My wife is healthy and has a good job. I live in a comfortable home and we never go hungry. I have good friends who visit me from the church. And most of all the Lord had seen something in me and opened my eyes to Him.
Father please forgive me for all the complaining I have done. Forgive me for not seeing past my own ignorants. Forgive for not seeing the blessings I do have.
And most of all thank you Father for Jesus and the forgivness of my sins.

Peace to all. ybiC

 

[Blessed-one]

amen. You're right. Count your blessings..

 

[Daughter of His]

Thank you for the wonderful post and reminder for us to be thankful for all we have been given.

 

[Blessed2003]

Thirsty,

I am guilty of not being thankful like I should. I only see the bad and spend so much time feeling sorry for myself that I can't see the good that I HAVE been blessed with. I really could be so much worse off, and I stay so mad at myself for the time I've wasted. I am not being a very good servant. I know the Lord is working in us and making us what HE wants for us to be. I am thankful for that, I know without HIM I am so blind, miserable, poor and wretched.
God Bless you all,
B

 

[honeybee2]

Thirsty~Thank you so much for your post. It is satisfying to hear of how God is dealing with other people who are going through difficult times, and how he brings them into that place of peace.
A year and a half ago, my husband was injured in a logging accident, and is now in a wheelchair for life, or until Jesus heals him. So i hear you when you say first of all, you feel sorry for yourself, then you look around and see others who are in much worse situations than yourself. The thing is, God can still use us to minister his love and care to others from where we are. Many people have been blessed by my husband's attitude towards the Father. They actually come over to our house to be uplifted. To me that is a testimony of God's grace. Instead of becoming bitter by losing so much, my husband is grateful to be alive, and he knows it has only been by God's grace.
peace to you.
your fellowservant.

 

[OracleX]

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God.

God bless.

 

[Job31-1]

Man's days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.

 

[caitlincares]

Praise God for all the blessings he unselfishly gives us daily.

Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.