Thankful Thursday

Source: Jina Lee

This week's list:

~ The ladies in my church.  In this week's meeting, we discussed the need to be open and vulnerable with one another so we can help one another actively appropriate God's grace.  Afterwards, it was a privilege to see this in action as one sister was able to unburden her heart and receive prayer and encouragement. I am so glad to be walking with these women!

~ Our pastor and his wife, Ryan and Christie Davidson, for their godly counsel to us personally and their service to this little flock. Congratulations, Pastor, on receiving your Th.M. from Southern.

~ My daughter.  We've been wrestling through defining forgiveness this week, wanting to go beyond the merely sentimental and  pop psychology meanings it has taken, and having numerous conversations on the subject.  (If you read this, Pastor, we have lots of questions!) I am encouraged by her desire to grasp the full-orbed Biblical truth and live it, particularly in her relationship with her father and his new wife.  I praise God that she is seeing this season of life as an opportunity to be an ambassador for Christ rather than something to be endured for a few years.  Like Esther, who knows how God may use her for such a time as this?