Dear God,
I humbly
come before you today. I know I always come and ask for something… but Lord,
today, I’m here to thank you. I know, I know… I won’t even ask for a day better
than yesterday. My heart is filled with gratitude, and I want to spill it down
at your feet.
Father
God, I would like to thank you for the aching headache I woke up with today,
and the little hours of sleep I managed to grab last night; it shows I have
something to work on, and you gave me this chance to get an education, not
because I’m better, no! But because in your divine wisdom, you know I could
serve you better with it. I want to thank you that this headache reminds me
that I am in fact, healthy. I know there are people out there who have accepted
sickness to be part of their life. Thank you for the reminder to appreciate
good health. Thank you for the reminder that I am healed, by your stripes, and
that I only need to have faith in your word.
I would
like to thank you, dear God, for the dirty clothes, dirty dishes lying all
around, and the mess of a room I have. You have blessed me with more than I
ever expected! If I had no blessings, I wouldn’t have had a mess. I know I don’t
thank you enough for that, but Lord, I would like to tell you I am grateful for
all these blessings. Some have one piece of clothing; perhaps what they have on
is all they have. Maybe the last meal they had was all they could manage, and
they are out seeking for the next meal. But Lord, you have given me beyond
measure! I feel ashamed that I foolishly blurt out, “I need more clothes!” when
I can’t seem to put my clothes together to make a satisfying outfit. Sometimes
I mourn about how hungry I am when I just had a meal. Oh how shameful I can
act! But Lord, please receive my thanks.
Thank you
for a family I can annoy, say silly things to and have little fights with.
Thank you that we sometimes get on each other’s last nerve and the bursts of
anger we sometimes (thank you that this is seldom) spill on each other make me
appreciate the good times more, the times we laugh and joke together, the times
we stick to each other like glue. Thank you for giving me amazing people I will
always have in my life, no matter what or where.
Thank you
for the friends that can allow us to go weeks or months without communicating.
Friends that miss out on important days in my life. Friends that aren’t there
to pick me up when I am down, or to catch my tears as they fall from my eyes. Thank
you for friends that don’t seem to step into my shoes when I need them to, or don’t
lend me their ear as much as I would like them to. Thank you for their absence
and their presence that makes all the pain go away. Thank you for their
soothing, healing words, their understanding, and the arms that hold me when I
desperately need comfort. Thank you that through them, I have learnt what great
friendship is about, what sacrifice is about, and what allowing yourself be
vulnerable in the eyes of another is. You have blessed me with great friends,
Lord! Truly, these are angels in disguise, they make life’s weary road seem
shorter. Forgive me for not thanking you enough! Forgive me for expecting them
to be perfect when I am far from it myself. Forgive me for not lifting them up
in prayer enough, and talking about myself throughout every prayer.
Thank
you, also, Lord Jesus, for friends that left my life at some point in my life’s
journey. It hurt to see people go, Lord, and I didn’t understand why you would
let such great people be in my life for such a short period. Thank you that you
let me get hurt, and you let me get puzzled over your will for my life. The
times I cried, “Why, Lord?? Why did you even let them in in the first place if
you knew they would eventually go??” Lord, thank you for those nights I felt
alone. Oh how grateful I am that all of it made me trust you more!!! I am so
grateful you let me have the privilege of having me call such people friends,
once upon a time. Doesn’t your word say there is a time and season for
everything under the heavens? How I found comfort in those words! Thank you,
Lord!
The times
I fell, Lord, how bruised I was when I got the strength to rise up again; the
pain that came with those wounds as I took my first recovery steps. It hurt, Lord.
Everyone seemed to be laughing at me when I hit the ground. I felt like giving
up on me. But you were always standing there, with an outstretched hand, you
helped me up again. I’m here to say I am grateful because it all made me
stronger. It tested my strength. I am becoming a better soldier now, because of
those failures. They have made me rely on you more. I realize now, just how
much more of you I need to get through this life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
you so much.
Heavenly
Father, there is another important thing you have blessed me with in my life
that I am sorry to say I don’t thank you for. Thank you for the Malawian blood
that flows through me. Thank you for placing me in one of the top poorest
countries in the world. Thank you for unreliable services, slow everythings and
those “R” and “L” problems you have blessed my tongue with that reminds me that
I belong- I have an identity! Malawi has made me appreciate water and
electricity when it is available. It has made me realize how much favour you
give me day by day; it has made me have a heart for my fellow Malawians and to
lend a hand wherever I can to make someone else’s burden lighter. Thank you for
the discomfort that reminds me that this is not my true home and that I am merely
passing by. You have placed me in one of the most peaceful countries on earth;
indeed, I have never experienced the turmoil that comes with war. You have
blessed us with beautiful lakes, rivers, mountains and beautiful people with
the warmest smile to match their warm heart. You have made everything a
beautiful sight! Oh how beautiful Malawi is! Thank you for allowing me to be
raised here. Thank you for making my home so beautiful! It makes me yearn for
the future home you are preparing for me. If you can make my temporary home
this beautiful, how beautiful must my eternal home be?!
I could
never ever thank you enough, Lord. There is too much to say… I know I don’t say
it enough, but I’m thankful to you. Thank you for the salvation, for choosing
me to be your bride, when I am so undeserving of it. How can I ever thank you
Lord?? You have been too kind to me. Glory and honour be to you.
-Philippians 2:4-
Do everything without complaining or arguing
-Ecclesiastes 3:1- To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
-1 Corinthians 2: 9-
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
-”Someone said, ‘You brag too much on Him.’ No, I can’t. No. He’s worthy of more bragging and exalting than any human being could ever give Him. Mortal lips could never express Him, of the gratitude or the thankfulness that we have for Him.”- William Marrion Branham, 55-0221