This is the reading from The Word Among Us for today ! I thought I would share it with you My Facebook Friends, it speaks to me & says everything that I would say in thanks for this passing year! From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace. ...........John 1:16 Lord, I thank you for this year. I thank you for all the little things you have done for me. I thank you for giving me parking places when I needed them and finding my keys when I misplaced them.I thank you for all the times of laughter and happiness I have had this year. I thank you just as much for the times of pain and suffering---even though they did not come from you -- because they moved me to turn to you for consolation and comfort. I thank you, Lord, for my family and friends you have placed in my life. Help me love them more. Show me how I can be a better servant to them. Show me how to draw my loved ones who have gone astray back to you. I thank you also for all the times when you brought me back to you.(and there were many times) All to often, I have done what I wanted to do. Not often enough did I do what you were calling me to do. Yet you are always there, reaching out to me and calling my name. When I do repent, I feel you pouring your mercy on me and forgiving my sins. Thank you, Lord,for giving me the Bread of Life. I become what I eat.I see my development as a person influenced by what I eat. I see my desire for you increase because of what I eat. I see my love for others grow because of what I eat. I see a power at work in me,and I know it is not me. I know it is you abiding in me. You are the best thing that ever happened to me! I thank you for the Church, which never gives up on me. Of course, we are a Church of sinners who make mistakes and hurt other. But we are also a Church of saints---the gathering of a chosen race,a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own (1 Peter 2 :9). Lord , may your Church, of which you are the head, be blessed by you, be drawn closer to you, and be more loving towards everyone ! Thank you, Jesus, for being with me this year. Please draw me & all of my family closer in this year to come.Amen! Have a Happy & Blessed New Year You All!
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:24:52 +0000
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