.... reflection....

this is the last day of my old year... a very dear friend suggested I follow his daughter's example and celebrate 3 days in a row... works for me... so here we go...
considering that each day is a gift from the Lord and He is the one to give me breath I need to thank Him for this last year...

I thank you Lord for these last 364 days
I thank you for new mercies every morning
I thank you for your grace and strength for every day
I thank you for my children who bring to my life laughter, joy and a love that makes my heart overflow
I thank you for my friends.. each one of them is a blessing to me
each one of them has been Christ to me and helped me carrying my burden
I thank you for the support my family has been to me, without their generosity our life would not be the same
I thank you for reconciled relationships,
I thank you for  your strength, grace and comfort when I needed to extend forgiveness,
I thank you for the fact that we could separate and work all issues out in fairness, I thank you that we can be friends now and that I can rely on my Ex husband for the support we need
I thank you for your presence when I have been lonely,
I thank you for your healing, your warm embrace and your presence with me always,
I thank you that you have revealed yourself to me in so many wonderful new ways,
I thank you for your unfailing love ministering to me when I felt rejected and trampled,
I thank you for the joy that I could find in your presence,
I thank you for new horizons and the plans that you have for me, plans to prosper me and not to harm me, plans to give me a hope and a future, even when I couldn't imagine it,
I thank you for the purpose you have for me and my girls,
I thank you that you are allowing me to invest myself into the lives of others, Lord,
I thank you for the way you have been stretching me through this last year..
challenging me to trust you like never before,
I thank you for allowing me to lose my security in my husband, finances and family,
because it allowed me to find my security in you more than ever before,
I thank you Lord for allowing the sin of others to bring me closer to you, because you alone are my joy and my salvation,
through this you have taught me to fix my eyes on you, cling to you for all that I need....
I praise you, for your plans are wonderful,
I thank you for walking with me through the valley,
for leading me into the light... for your faithfulness and love and mercy...
You are my all and all... I love you with all my heart, soul , mind and strength...
Amen