As I stood in the kitchen making my every-morning- power drink with kale, blueberries, vitamins, and other goodies, my eyes were drawn once again to the chalkboard that rests on the wall above our kitchen counter top.
"It is because of the Lord's loving-kindness that we are NOT consumed, because His tender compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; Great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness, Lamentations 2:22-23"
When we first placed the chalkboard there we knew Stew wasn't feeling well, but it was before we realized cancer was going to be the enemy we would be fighting. We wrote down the verse He birthed in our heart, and it has been one of our life lines ever since.
Each day it has not only been an encouragement; it has been a prayer. A prayer of pain mingled with hope in the rough days. (Like this week💕)
A prayer of gratitude and praise to Him. A prayer for us to have eyes that see/recognize His loving-kindness no matter what. And, a prayer for many many opportunities to share His loving-kindness with others. This verse, along with others, has reminded us that we have so much to be thankful for in our lives.
This morning though it pierced my heart in a different way. It filled me with gratitude, not only to the Father, but for you. For our family and faithful friends.
It reminded me of Colossians 3:12-"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience..."
Kindness: blessing, gift, gracious work, gratitude, deeds of devotion, unchanging love, loyalty, warm-hearted-ness, a willingness to show goodness from the heart to others, adaptable to the needs of others, gratitude.
What He brought to my remembrance was the truth that we have not only experienced His loving-kindness directly from His heart to ours, or from others we have met this through all this. We have been the recipients of it from you. You have allowed His loving-kindness towards you to bear fruit that has taken seed in us...through your prayers, words, cards, gifts, and presence in our lives.
You are part of His loving-kindness displayed to us.
Know that we do thank our God upon every remembrance of you.
Love,
Stew and Deb
Other reminders of His Loving kindness:
How Could I Ever Say Thank You: A song of gratitude to the Father
https://youtu.be/P3VUcPGLen0
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