That Was God’s Gift to Us
While our youth group was on retreat this last weekend, they had a devotional outside under the stars. I was told that it was a beautiful night and the stars were shining brightly. Our youth and family minister told everyone to look up at the sky. When they did that, a falling star raced across the sky. One of our little girls made the statement that serves as the title for this post – “That was God’s gift to us tonight.”
What a precious thought from a six year old! It caused me to take pause and think about all of the gifts just like this one that we take for granted. When we do take time to think about it, we can be overwhelmed with God’s goodness to us.
Here’s part of my short list, so far:
- Waking up with a new day stretched out in front of me to use to glorify Him.
- Being surrounded by people I love:
- My husband, children, and grandchildren
- My church family who would do anything for me
- The beauty of flowers, bushes, and trees:
- Blooming in summer
- Colorful in the fall
- Bare in winter
- New life in the spring
- The majesty of mountains
- The vastness of the ocean
- Sunrises and sunsets
- The moon when it is full or just a mere slice in the sky
- Newborn babies, and small toddlers as they discover the world around them.
- Puppies and kittens
- Aged people who still have a zest for life
- My Bible
- His Son
This is my list so far, but I’m sure I’ll be adding to it daily because God’s gifts to me have been too innumerable to list all of them.
Maybe this will spark an interest in you to begin making a list of God’s gifts to you! Write it down and look at it often as you add more and more gifts. I think you’ll have the same reaction that I had…we serve an awesome God who is so good to us.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from
the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
(James 1:17)
AUTHOR: Donna Faughn
