My thankful list

GRACE:

With me. My futility. My sin. My lust. My doubt. My weakness. My impatience. My unfaithfulness. My comparison. My discontent. How He lets me have it on others. His unconditional love tied to it. For His glory.

THE SPIRIT: 

Its inexplicable presence. The joy it brings in the worst times. Living in me to pull me to Him. For His glory.

THE WORD: 

Its wisdom. Its truth. Its power. Its width. Its constance. For His glory.

MY FRIENDS: 

Constant inspiration. Accountability partners. Soundboards. Encouragers. Lovers. Challengers. Teachers. Learners. Listeners. God followers and seekers. Prayers. For His glory.

MY FAMILY: 

They love me so much, even when I really don’t deserve it. They forgive me. They provide for me. They test me. They set my standards high and push me. They know God. For His glory.

PRAYER: 

I can always talk to the God of the universe. I have an open door to not only ask of but listen to He Who knows, created, and loves all things with ultimate wisdom. For His glory.

HIS CHURCH: 

The thousands of them. Navs, my church. No, His church. Discipleship. A place to grow deeper, independently and supported. For His glory.

MY PAST: 

Where to begin? Grace displayed. Falling forced me to rise. Mistakes changed everything. God’s wrath celebrated His power, and His goodness revealed His unfailing love. Created my present and future and eternal reliance on Him. Gave me things to teach. For His glory.

MY PRESENT: 

Rejoicing in His presence. Always. Waiting for Heaven. Utilizing limbo, and learning that nothing is limbo. It’s all purposeful. Georgia Tech, my challenger. A sea of opportunities so many will never have. Non-believers to reach and believers to worship with. My starting point. Struggle. Breathing. Faith. Deliberate preparation and growth and change. Giving it all to Him, so slowly but so surely. For His glory.

MY FUTURE: 

He’s always faithful. Seeing the fruit of my sacrifice. Being humbled by knowing His is infinitely greater. Walking with Him. Learning from Him. Being used by Him. Following Him. Trusting Him. For His glory.

HIS PLAN (HOPE): 

Never shaken. Perfect. Caring. Impossible to change. Is the most awesome. Better than mine. Most glorifying to Him. For His glory.

RELATIONSHIP: 

With Him. I can know the Most Holy One. And He knows me. I am His daughter. He is my Father and loves me like it. Patient. Guiding. Loving. Providing. Protecting. Personal. So intimate that He knows every fiber of my being. Both the number of hairs on my head and stars in the sky. Power and gentleness. Thought before I think it, dream, sin, temptation. All-perfect. All-healing. All-knowing. Around, through, in, and over me. Everywhere and everything I am is from and of Him. For His glory.

HIS TEMPLE: 

Health and a desire to keep it. I am a temple of His Spirit. Unharmed by disease or sickness or death. I am alive. He chose me to live. For His glory.

THE WORLD & HIS PEOPLE: 

Beauty. All beauty. Trees, leaves, grass, mountains, waters, beaches, plains, valleys. Animals. Humans. Civilizations, generations, populations, peoples. Leaders and followers. Perfect design. All created to work seamlessly together. Brilliant. For His glory.

BALANCE: 

Seeing good in bad. Appreciating life from death. Seeking peace through confusion. A future better than the past. Seeing Him in it all. For His glory.

HEAVEN: 

Hope. God. Eternity. My greatest desire to serve Him forever, in His presence, bowed before Him in worship and surrender. Nothing held back. The way things should be. Until after the end of time. For His glory.

The fact that none of this is actually mine, but His.

For His glory.