Grateful

Much has happened since I last wrote...
    Souls were saved (Pure Rebellion)
    The heavens rejoicing
    Friendships shaken yet restored & strengthened (I love you bonita)
    Forgiveness
    Tears, smiles, song, prayer, laughter, dance
    Preaching the Gospel
    Departing & reuniting with my family
    Being thankful
    Being exhausted
    Being sick..................................................

And through it all, the one thing the Lord has wanted me to learn is to be thankful.
He led me to read Psalm 50 last night & this morning. In it, He is stern, blunt, true, merciful, loving & guiding. He told me I should be thankful; and if in the midst of my gratitude I need His help, I can just call out to Him and He will rescue me. He wants honor... & oh how I desire with my life to honor Him. And so I shall.

"I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me." Phil 3:12