There are so many blessings I could thank the Lord for that I never could do so, all I can do is to list the most notable and generalize.
I am thankful...
* For my good health, when many my age are infirm or suffering the effects of ageing.
* That I have a job, even as a grocery store cashier when others are looking for work.
* That I can ride a bike to work, others have no transportation.
* For a wonderful wife who is far better than I deserve.
* For wonderful and talented children.
* For Jesus my Savior who died on the cross to pay for my salvation.
* For home and simple possessions.
* For talents and skills I have been given by God.
* For the places I've been to and the things I've seen.
* For many opportunities I have had to serve him and others.
* For friends and family.
* For music.
* To live in a country that is secure and has freedoms.
* To be surrounded by my loving family on my birthday.
* God's watchful protection over me each day.
* For a chocolate birthday cake and that no one tried to put 56 candles on it!
* That I have found forgiveness for my sins in Jesus my Savior.
Needs:
I have needs and there are issues with things like kid's education, finances, future retirement, debts, making the mortgage and many of the same problems that all my peers experience but I see the hand of God is full of blessing he has met my need in the past so I look to him to meet my need in the present and future. I believe these needs are just the staging for future blessings.
Blessings Withheld:
There are areas of my life I would like to see more blessing and success, I am sure that the level of blessing or the lack of blessing is in itself a blessing for the hand of the All Wise and All Loving God moves over my life like a baton of an orchestra conductor bringing out the most beautiful music of a symphony. So for God's Divine wisdom in my life I am thankful.
The Grand Truth Of It All:
Why am I thankful? Every day of every year, indeed every minute of every day, is filled with God's blessings; and to think that I have had 56 years of his blessing is overwhelming, and causes me to feel humble by God's magnificent grace.
Why am I thankful? Every day of every year, indeed every minute of every day, is filled with God's blessings; and to think that I have had 56 years of his blessing is overwhelming, and causes me to feel humble by God's magnificent grace.
