So as you all know. Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Or at the end of the block, considering it is this Monday...man, where does the year go!? Well this is an original post by me. So enjoy!
We had an early gathering on Sunday with my dad's side of the family. I am the oldest, so I usually spend that time, hanging with my aunts and uncles, or reading a book...or observing the people around me, and giving thanks. In the past year, one of my dad's brothers with has family has joined the EMC church. And as far as I know, have become believers. Some of you may know the constricting feeling that overtakes your chest, when you hear news like that. It's such an overwhelming sense of joy, and love, and compassion. You loved them before, but when they take that step...your love deepens into a deeper level. I'm thankful that God, pursues us even though we continue to fall and fail Him. "He catches us like thieves in the night. He holds us when we put up a fight, He chases us...when we run from the light..." --Brandon Heath, Stolen. He loves us with such a powerful love, that He never gives up. Now don't mistake that with, "I'll just do what I want, and than when I die, I'll ask Him into my heart." Because eventually He will let you go. He wants you to want Him. So if you make it clear, that you won't ever want Him...He lets you go. But that's not the point. The point is, it's thanksgiving. My greatest blessing, is that God knew I would eventually want Him, and He pursued me, until I gave in. For that, I will be eternally grateful!! Thanksgiving also causes me to look at my life, and the lives of the people that I love around me...I have an uncle, that I'm really close to on my mom's side. I have had the opportunity to be a witness to him, and hopefully his family. But he still hasn't, or doesn't believe it enough to take that step. It breaks my heart...but I won't give up. Just like God didn't give up on me. It makes the relationship complicated sometimes, because I'm a believer, and he and his family are not. So our lives are very different...but what makes it work, is actually God, believe it or not. He knows, God is real, he knows that I'm a believer. And he supports me. He supports that I'm a quizzer, he supports, that I don't take part in alcohol, and language and smoking...he supports my belief. I guess what I'm trying to get at is, don't give up. If it's thanksgiving and your heart is broken. Because someone you love, hasn't taken that step? Keep going...because God didn't give up on you! It's thanksgiving...What Are You Thankful For?
We had an early gathering on Sunday with my dad's side of the family. I am the oldest, so I usually spend that time, hanging with my aunts and uncles, or reading a book...or observing the people around me, and giving thanks. In the past year, one of my dad's brothers with has family has joined the EMC church. And as far as I know, have become believers. Some of you may know the constricting feeling that overtakes your chest, when you hear news like that. It's such an overwhelming sense of joy, and love, and compassion. You loved them before, but when they take that step...your love deepens into a deeper level. I'm thankful that God, pursues us even though we continue to fall and fail Him. "He catches us like thieves in the night. He holds us when we put up a fight, He chases us...when we run from the light..." --Brandon Heath, Stolen. He loves us with such a powerful love, that He never gives up. Now don't mistake that with, "I'll just do what I want, and than when I die, I'll ask Him into my heart." Because eventually He will let you go. He wants you to want Him. So if you make it clear, that you won't ever want Him...He lets you go. But that's not the point. The point is, it's thanksgiving. My greatest blessing, is that God knew I would eventually want Him, and He pursued me, until I gave in. For that, I will be eternally grateful!! Thanksgiving also causes me to look at my life, and the lives of the people that I love around me...I have an uncle, that I'm really close to on my mom's side. I have had the opportunity to be a witness to him, and hopefully his family. But he still hasn't, or doesn't believe it enough to take that step. It breaks my heart...but I won't give up. Just like God didn't give up on me. It makes the relationship complicated sometimes, because I'm a believer, and he and his family are not. So our lives are very different...but what makes it work, is actually God, believe it or not. He knows, God is real, he knows that I'm a believer. And he supports me. He supports that I'm a quizzer, he supports, that I don't take part in alcohol, and language and smoking...he supports my belief. I guess what I'm trying to get at is, don't give up. If it's thanksgiving and your heart is broken. Because someone you love, hasn't taken that step? Keep going...because God didn't give up on you! It's thanksgiving...What Are You Thankful For?
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