Monday, December 22, 2008

Christmas Thanks

Things I am thankful for…

I am thankful for my wonderful family.
I am thankful for good health.
I am thankful for meaningful work.
I am thankful for friends who really are.
I am thankful for opportunities to share with others in what I know to be life transforming ways.
I am thankful for the joy of sharing in the lives of children.
I am thankful for the wisdom that God allows me to understand.
I am thankful for good books, good food, and good times.
I am thankful for the beauty of God’s creation.
I am thankful for joy in the midst of challenges.
I am thankful for kindness and generosity and excellence whenever I experience it and see it shared.
I am thankful for those who make a good and vibrant community possible by their investments in the lives of others: police officers, medical personnel, firemen, teachers, sanitation workers, artists, poets, musicians, postal workers and the host of those who prepare meals, drive buses, coach little league and volunteer.
I am thankful for my church and its influence for good, its witness to faith in Jesus Christ, and its commitments to sharing the Gospel in countless avenues of ministry and service.
I am thankful for a relationship with my Lord that has transformed every day of my life in distinctive and continuing ways.
I am thankful for God’s abiding, unfailing, and amazing love.

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