This has been a very somber week for me.  It was Thanksgiving week, which I love. I cook and I'm surrounded by my family who I love with all my heart.  I am thankful for my Lord and Saviour, Jesus because He loves me and saw fit to reach out to me when I was 7 years old and convict my heart and cause me to see my sin and reach out for Him.  I am thankful for too many blessings to list but are beyond anything I deserve.  That is what Thanksgiving is to me, but this year a things were a little different.  I saw the power of God in so many ways around me and those in my life.  I witnessed His unequaled(sorry, not sure that is a word, but should be) care for some of His children this past week.  I saw heartbreaking sadness. I saw pain and doubt.  I saw God's people reaching out to pray and seek God.  I don't want to go into detail on either of these losses, but God took two baby girls home this week and even though my heart breaks for both families, I can only see God working.  If this would have happened a year ago, 2 years ago, I am not sure what my reaction would have been. Over the past year, God has touched my life and made me so aware of all the things He does.  Not just for me but for those around me. He is God! and I am not sure some people understand that sometimes.  He knows exactly what He is doing and it doesn't matter if we understand it or not, but if we live in Him, He comforts and consoles us and somehow we get through it.  I know that these 2 families have a long road ahead but I also know that with everyone who trusts God and believes in His unfailing love, He will carry them on the days when they just can't make it.  He will guide them when they are feeling numb.  He will give them rest when they feel they just can't go one more step.  He sees there tears and knows the heart of His children.  If there are lost souls in either of these families, it should show them the power of God and as Christians we should be showing them our faith through all of the turmoil and sadness.  It breaks my heart as a Mommy and a Grandma but I know that God is bigger and knows what He is doing and that if we allow Him, He will comfort and give us that extra grace to see the big picture in everything that happens around us.  I know that these families have a long road ahead and there are no magic words to heal their hearts and nothing I can say will change how they feel or what they are going through.  All I can do is ask God to comfort them and surround them with His care.  If there are any who are lost without Christ, I pray that they will see God and His power and want a personal relationship with Him.

On this Sunday morning as I get ready to go to God's house and worship Him, I am very thankful for Jesus, who died on that cruel cross for me.  Who could have walked away and not done what His Father needed Him to do, but He didn't.  His love for me was so great that He took all of my sins and died for each and every one. I need to never be ashamed of this gospel of Christ, ever.  I need never to shy away from sharing this story of  this sacrificial love that God gave to each and everyone who will open their hearts to Him and seek His forgiveness. 

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His ONLY begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Me should not perish, BUT have EVERLASTING LIFE!" John 3:16

God loved us so much He gave His only son to die for our sins and all we have to do is believe on Him and in Him and we will spend eternity with Him, its forever, it never ceases.  Thank you God for the most awesome sacrifice that we will ever receive.  For Christ and his blood, I am thankful.  Amen.