Isaiah 53:2-6

He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him,

and no beauty that we should desire Him.

He was despised and rejected by men;

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;

as one from whom men hide their faces

He was despised and we esteemed Him no.

Surely He has borne our griefs

and carried our sorrows;

yet we esteemed Him stricken,

smitten by God and afflicted.

But He was wounded for our transgressions;

He was crushed for our iniquities;

upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,

and with His stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;

we have turned--every one--to his own way;

and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

(Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!!!)

Sappiness on the Eve of Thanksgiving

I've been noticing a trend on Facebook this month.  Only two of my FB friends are participating, but everyday these two friends have posted something they are thankful for.  It is the month for pondering thankfulness after all.  I started to write a Post of Thankfulness on FB, one to cover the whole month since I missed the start of the one-a-day.  It grew pretty long and somewhat sappy.  I often write FB posts only to delete them upon reflection.  Then I thought...Hey I have a blog!  And what good is a blog if you can't paste the sappiness on as thickly as you like?

The thing that I am most grateful for is God.  God in all His fullness.  God in His Trinity.  

God the Father for choosing me, for plucking me out of the pit of my life, for trading me a life of misery and sin for one of hope and abundance--no one has ever claimed it was a fair trade.  I am thankful for my Father's leading and guiding, discipline and protection.  

God the Son, my Savior, who died.  He died.  For me.  I don't get it.  But I am so thankful for it.  He is my example.  He is not a High Priest who can't relate for He walked this treacherous, difficult world Himself once.

And He did it perfectly.

He saved me...from the world, from death, from sin, from myself.

God the Spirit who teaches me such beautiful truth.  He leads me from within, fills me with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control.  Nine things I was lacking before He came to live with in.  He is my Comforter, my Counselor.  

God is precious to me.

I am also thankful for the life He has given me.  He has given me the strength to be a good mother, to break a cycle of dysfunction in my family.  If you didn't come from a broken messed up family you can't fathom how rescued I feel.  How priceless His safety, and firmness is, how valuable and unestimable His Faithfulness.

I love 2 Timothy 2:13, that says:

If we are faithless, He remains faithful--

for He cannot deny Himself.

Thank You Daddy, Jesus, Spirit, for choosing me, for loving me, for NEVER giving up on me.

Changes

I hate change.  My new email is less than satisfying.  I wish I had an Easy Button right about now.