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Gratitude: Making His Deeds Known

“For all things are for your sakes,
that the abundant grace might
through the thanksgiving of many
redound to the glory of God.”
~2 Corinthians 4:15


“O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name:
make known his deeds among the people.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:
talk ye of all his wondrous works.
~Psalm 105

All things are for our sakes, our good is always his priortiy. God’s abundant grace is displayed for the world through us as we outwardly give thanks to our Living God. The thanksgiving of many will contribute greatly to the glory of God, our Savior and Redeemer. Testify to all, of what the LORD has done.

And so I choose this daily task for HIS GLORY…


Thank you God for the following gifts from my week:


161. Kids up early
162. Two doing schoolwork before 7:30 AM (with not a word from mama)
163. The bookmark link finally worked!
164. Finally reading Ann’s book for review

        (You all may get sick of hearing about it from me,
I just want to shout about it to everyone!
Yes, it is THAT good and so clearly God-blessed.)

165. One Thousand gifts by Ann Voskamp
166. Grace is for Sinners by Serena Woods
167. Sally Clarkson‘s books picked up at the Relevant Conference
168. The sunlight on the horizon just before sunrise
169. The yellow, red, and orange, still clinging to their branches
170. The view of the horse farm’s rolling fields and
171. the sight of the perfect ‘mowing lines’ stretching across that vast expanse
172. The nurse at the doctor’s office showing interest in the ministry in the Philippines
173. The quiet in the car while the kids happily eat their lollipops
174. a son unprompted thanking his daddy for serving our country
        and wishing him a happy Veteran’s Day
175. All the veterans who gave of their lives for our freedom
176. singing in a large choir
177. new eye-glasses, finally
178. PW’s lasagna recipe
179. an unstressed afternoon of cooking
180. All (except the smallest) devoured it
181. the depth of God’s Word
182. Pepsid AC
183. today’s early morning fog
184. my smallest hugging me tightly
185. looking up with bright blue eyes
186. and a wide smile
187. and telling me, “God made me.”
188. I asked, “who is God?” and she answers with a confident, “JESUS!”
189. my house is a mess … thank you God for a warm home to enjoy
190. Thankful that God remembers I am but weak flesh but my Spirit is willing

Rejoicing over the gifts God has blessed us with as a community over at Ann Voskamp’s “A Holy Experience.” Click on over, read and rejoice with us. Jump right on in and start your own list!


5 responses to “Gratitude: Making His Deeds Known”

  1. Katie Avatar
    Katie

    This is a great idea to list one's 'gifts'! I love those last few – so, so precious!!

  2. Mari Avatar
    Mari

    What a sweet list. I am so grateful for the last one myself, thanks for the reminder!

  3. Craig Avatar
    Craig

    This is beautiful – just beautiful. This is the kind of writing that changed everything for me. I've told this story a hundred times – but i need to tell it again.

    I prepped for blogging – I checked out technorati and the top 50 – reading, researching. I think all written by men. They were all good, informative, solid. But not a one touched my heart. Not.A.One. (hope none of them ever reads this comment – eek).

    I knew Holley Gerth's name – and I peeked there – and something started to happen, then Amber Haines, then the person that changed everything – reading the words of THE Ann Voskamp (I AM SO SO SO SO SO JEALOUS THAT YOU HAVE THAT BOOK ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) – and then click after click led me deep into this mommy blog world of women who write in the most charming, entrancing, most captivating-ly magical way.

    I see it again with your words.

    I big fluffy heart your words 🙂

    And the way you laid out that scripture – that's art. And the way you wove the 1000 gift list – like a perfect braid of words cascading down the page.

    (I didn't used to write like that btw – that's how you women have changed me.)

    Thank you Sharon. Now I have to go finish that post – and the words – THAT"s pretty easy – the techy stuff is so much the boss of me right now. So I may see the dawn. But in the words of a common hero of ours

    all

    is

    grace

    oh, and remember – love is only the sister of twins – yup two blogs – love is kind of the sister of the twins and deepintoscripture.com is kind of the brother. There a smidge different – oh wait – you already know that – oh boy it's late – where did I leave my brain? Don't worry – I'll find it.

    Ok – no more play time – back to work now.

    Thank you thank you thank you.

  4. Jenna Avatar
    Jenna

    Sharon…thanks for stopping by Our Adventure with Boys. Your blogger header is absolutely stunning!

  5. Amber Avatar
    Amber

    Wow, to Craig's comment and I agree.

    Sharon,

    Thank you so much for coming into my blog world, so that I could come into yours.

    So much to be thankful for!!!! And yes, Sam just started writing his blessings. I told he last night that I'm just glad he finally left a comment on my blog….hehehe