It’s always wonderful to express my gratitude to God for his many blessing he has bestowed on me. As I look back on my life, there are so many things to be thankful for:
God has had mercy on me and watched over me my entire life. I don’t say that glibly. I wanted all the world had to offer. God protected me often from certain death that befalls so many black men. Most of the time, I wasn’t even aware of how he had snatched me from destruction.
I’m thankful to God for bringing me to Christ, especially since I was in no way seeking him.
I’m thankful for the gift of my first wife, which produced four healthy children. I'm thankful to God for opening doors that caused me not have been out of work for the last forty years.
I’m thankful, that God saw me and my children through the painful home going of my first wife. She was a strength and witness of God’s love and grace through her suffering. Despite my immaturity that caused me not to be prepared for a tragedy of that nature, God supplied our financial needs as well as his grace that saw us through that horrible time.
I'm thankful for God bringing my second wife, who accepted my four children, blending her child with our family. She actually prayed for a man with kids. I'm thankful how God considered every detail I would have never thought of. She entered our lives, hitting the ground running, bridging the gap left open by the death of my first wife.
I’m thankful to God for bringing me through my own battle with cancer. I have so much to be thankful for.
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Thank you again to Lynn for sharing your thoughts! Now readers, feel free to sound off in the comments and let me know what you're thankful for! I have quite a few things, but aside from the obvious family, friends, faith, and good health, I'm pretty darn thankful for good books!
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