Day 6

Day 6:
Romans 11:33–36

Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”[b]
35 “Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”[c]
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.


Robertson McQuilkin, former president of Columbia International University, tells of a time when, following his wife’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s and the death of his eldest son, he retreated alone to a mountain hideaway, trying to reorient his heart and recapture a love for God that had slowly evaporated in the heat of personal, tragic loss.

After a day devoted to prayer and fasting, he began writing God a love letter, enumerating the gifts he had received from the Lord’s hand. He identified ten particular blessings from God that just absolutely exceeded his imagination, things he could hardly find words to express how invaluable they were, how impossible life would be without them.

I encourage you to flip back through the lists you’ve been making and choose a top ten—spiritual blessings that are so big, you could never generate enough gratitude to express what they mean to you and what they tell you about your Savior.

The next time your mind is troubled by sad or worrisome thoughts, pull out your top ten and consciously transfer your focus from whatever is weighing you down, and start giving thanks for the things on your list.

From - https://www.reviveourhearts.com/articles/growing-in-gratitude-a-30-day-challenge/

Imogene~

When I was going through my fertility trail with my husband it helped us greatly to have a remember list of our blessings. Once we started doubting or listening to doubts we would pull this out. We would look at each other and list our current blessings that had come from trials and agreed we would not change a thing. That the lives and trials we went through we would pick again for ourselves knowing that God will always deliver us on his paths and not our own. We were told that it was next to impossible for us to conceive on our own. Today we have a stronger marriage, two children through fertility treatments, and Maggie our little girl was God's surprise to us. We thank him daily.