• Church Life,  Family

    Count Your Many Blessings: 100 Reasons I’m Thankful

    The old hymn says, “Count your many blessings, name them one by one…and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.” So, today I’m doing just that. I hope this list encourages you to be more grateful. I’m thankful for… 1. God’s love for me in spite of myself. 2. Jesus taking my place on Calvary. 3. God creating such a beautiful world. 4. Leah, and how she reminds me constantly of the virtuous woman. 5. Marriage and the picture of Jesus and His Bride. 6. How God somehow brought Mary Carol into our lives by adoption. 7. How Mary Carol’s story reminds me that I’m adopted into God’s…