This week's thankful list:
A working furnace, blankets, and socks.
Calmer days.
Grace that can take a trying situation and change it to an opportunity for the gospel.
God did not give me what I deserved nor what I thought was best for myself.
The promise that we were chosen to be "holy and blameless before Him." (Eph. 1:4)
These words from John Newton:
I am not what I ought to be — ah, how imperfect and deficient! I am not what I wish to be — I abhor what is evil, and I would cleave to what is good! I am not what I hope to be — soon, soon shall I put off mortality, and with mortality all sin and imperfection. Yet, though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say, I am not what I once was; a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily join with the apostle, and acknowledge, "By the grace of God I am what I am. "
A working furnace, blankets, and socks.
Calmer days.
Grace that can take a trying situation and change it to an opportunity for the gospel.
God did not give me what I deserved nor what I thought was best for myself.
The promise that we were chosen to be "holy and blameless before Him." (Eph. 1:4)
These words from John Newton:
I am not what I ought to be — ah, how imperfect and deficient! I am not what I wish to be — I abhor what is evil, and I would cleave to what is good! I am not what I hope to be — soon, soon shall I put off mortality, and with mortality all sin and imperfection. Yet, though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say, I am not what I once was; a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily join with the apostle, and acknowledge, "By the grace of God I am what I am. "
Beautifully said, dear friend. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for writing this. Your words got my Thursday off to a great start.
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I liked this one:
ReplyDeleteGod did not give me what I deserved nor what I thought was best for myself.
Praise God for His wisdom and mercy. What a gift to be able to echo the words of Newton.
ReplyDeleteA worthy list and that quote is one of the best ever. I shall never grow tired reading it, as it is always right on time when I find it. Thank you, Persis!
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