Thanksgiving

"You will keep in perfect peace

him whose mind is steadfast,

because he trusts in you.
Trust in the LORD forever,

for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal."

Isaiah 26:3 and 4

Father God, you are the perfect peace! You are faithful, and I praise you for your faithfulness to our family. God, you have been so good to us! You grace has been more immense than I could have imagined. Even during the hardest part of my day, you were there giving me the peace you promised.

Father, I thank you for the gift of prayer, and for Christ our mediator. Even when my heart didn't know how to pray, even when there were no words, you heard the cries of my heart. I praise you for your love! And I thank you for the prayers of your church. May all the prayers offered to you on our behalf bring you ultimate glory.

My heart is full of thanksgiving! Thank you for graciously bringing Benjamin through his surgery. Thank you for attending to our every need. Thank you surrounding us with family. Thank you for our friends, who support and encourage us. Thank you for your church universal, for all the saints who were praying for our family. Father, you are good! Your steadfast loves endures forever!

"I will extol the LORD at all times;

his praise will always be on my lips.
My soul will boast in the LORD;

let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the LORD with me;

let us exalt his name together.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me;

he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;

their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the LORD heard him;

he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,

and he delivers them.
Taste and see that the LORD is good;

blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Fear the LORD, you his saints,

for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry,

but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous

and his ears are attentive to their cry;
the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,

to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;

he delivers them from all their troubles.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

A righteous man may have many troubles,

but the LORD delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones,

not one of them will be broken.
The LORD redeems his servants;

no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.

Psalm 34: 1-9 15-20, 22