The importance of being thankful

Jesus said...

h

This weeks been a week of mixed circumstances for me:

This weeks been a week of mixed circumstances for me:

This weeks been a week of mixed circumstances for me:

Friday

Great 59th birthday on Friday

Being out with the family for a slap up meal in the evening and what makes even better is that we were not paying!

Saturday

Football with my oldest son on Saturday with a win to boot

Sunday

Day spent with Liz - Time together

Staying in a hotel overnight

All these things combine together to make a great weekend.

Then all of a sudden from this perfect moment things change.

Sudden excruciating pains in the back going up into the shoulder and round into the chest stopping my breathing resulting in

Hospitalisation on Sunday evening,

Hospitalisation on Sunday evening,

Further examination Tuesday revealing I had suffered a pulmonary embolism

That I had been lucky that my situation had not been worse

Being told I would now need to be on medication for life

Being told I would now need to be on medication for life

Life seems to throw us a curveball at times and the circumstances we face almost seem to overwhelm us.

Jesus said...

The Lexham English Bible Chapter 16

In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world.

can rob us of our sense of sonship, our joy, our peace,

Paul said...

can rob us of our sense of sonship, our joy, our peace,

These things are not things that you would think would produce thankfulness.

and most of all thankfulness and this in turn can effect our relationship with God and ultimately the way in which we present our lives to Him as an act of worship.

Our lives will often go through difficult circumstances which can so easily rob us of our joy, peace, and most of all thankfulness and this in turn can effect our relationship with God and ultimately the way in which we present our lives to Him as an act of worship.