Our Sunday School class is reading a book entitled When God Takes Too Long: Learning to Thrive during Life's Delays. In chapter seven, the author, Joseph Bentz, encourages us to write down the ways in which God has blessed us in the past. This blog couldn't possibly hold all that God has done, even in my short life so far, but I would like to list ten of His blessings here:
I am thankful for...
1. loving and intelligent parents who knew how to raise a strong-willed child.
2. a host of musical experiences that shaped me as a musician and molded me into the teacher I am today.
3. a rich heritage of faith on both sides of my family.
4. God's deliverance from Obsessive Compulsive tendencies.
5. God's deliverance from a two-year stent of anxiety and depression in high school.
6. God's provision for college expenses through my winning the Eli Lilly Scholarship, which paid for four years of school plus books in full.
7. God's leading throughout our job and apartment search. I found my job on the internet and felt the Lord leading me into the unknown. I tried not to resist Him, scary as it was, and now I know my husband and I are exactly where we are supposed to be. God provided Seth with a job in the area and helped us to find the perfect place to live.
8. how the Lord has shaped my heart on a specific issue regarding future motherhood.
9. all my Heavenly Father has taught me through my grandmother's illness and death these past few weeks. I am spiritually and emotionally stronger than before.
10. that God brought Seth into my life and gave him the patience to wait for me to make up my mind!
Thank you, God, for blessing me through the years. Not only have you never left me, you have poured out your blessings on me. I know that you will fulfill your promises to me, and that I can wait with expectation to find out what else you will do in my life. Amen.
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