It's November, and in preparation for a holiday that begins with a prayer of thankfulness and ends with over-indulgence and football, I'll be posting regularly (daily?) about things I'm grateful for. Gratitude's a discipline to cultivate, not just a feeling. It's also a close cousin to humility, so when the fourth Thursday rolls around I ought to be the humblest person at the table.
Here's today's:
Here's today's:
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through him we have also obtained access by faith
into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God...
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—
though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through him we have also obtained access by faith
into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God...
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—
though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
- Romans 5:1-2, 6-8
Any proper "Count My Blessings" list must begin with this mind-boggling truth - not that I loved God, but that He loved me.
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