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With God all things are possible
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| Psalm 30:1-4 I will extol, You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, and have not let my foes rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me. O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive , that I should not go down to the pit. Sing Praise to The Lord, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of God holy name.
Quite frequently, gratitude is something we feel rather than something we express. For various reasons, we are content to feel just grateful and never take the next step of actually expressing gratitude. In truth, gratitude that isn't expressed doesn't exit.
In Psalm 30 , the psalmist makes a decision to feel grateful and, more importantly , to express that gratitude . he is grateful that God heard and answered his prayers and preserved his life. throughout these verses, the psalmist recounts the highs and lows of his life. In addition to weeping, mourning, and death, there has been joy, celebration , and life.
This psalm reminds us that if we are aware of the goodness we have received , then no matter the current circumstances of our lives, we should choose to be grateful and then express it!
Gratitude changes everything.
For it is with God all things are possible.
I have a grateful heart my niece Kasie was told by doctors due to her childhood cancer she would probably not be able to have children. Well, after lots of prayers and believing God with gratitude she had a beautiful baby girl yesterday Kesley Dawn Logsdon 6lbs 7 oz. THANK YOU JESUS. PRAISING GOD with GRATITUDE!!!
Have a VERY BLESSED GRATEFUL Day!!
Edited by ladyjockey 2015-02-11 8:18 AM
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  Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | Great message today. Thank you. Congratulations on the new baby girl in your family. | |
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 Looking for Lady Jockey
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | Amen. 
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 Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Thank you! God is so good. | |
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Location: Montana | Amen and congratulations! | |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | It really does!!! I was at a pretty low spot last year about this time. I had spent 10 years caretaking for my mom who had just had a stroke and had to go to a care facility. I was angry with siblings and my father over the entire 10 years previous, was more than sad to finally have to have someone else care for my mom at the same time and yet found a sense of relief about it too as I was not sure how much longer I was going to be able to hang on to doing what I had been doing which made me feel guilty. I waS looking forward to getting the first chance in those 10 years to be able to go to a barrel race without making babysitting arrangements for my mom or having to have my fiancé give up a day and ask him to watch her and then my mare was diagnosed with the kidney and bladder stones. The anger I already had kind of exploded inside me. I was trying to talk myself thru it, read all the quotes and tried to live them but one little set back and I found myself wallowing in self pity and anger again. When I started on the search to find better answers for my mare I found that I was so centered on helping her, I no longer had time for anger, it was wasted. I remember being outside feeding one night early last summer, it was gorgeous, the air had started to cool, there were a few wisps of clouds in the blue sky, sunset was starting, my horses were happily munching their hay...I looked out over it and a true calmness came over me, maybe for the first time in those 10 years and I felt truly grateful for the day, the chance to help my mare and knew that God had not forgotten me. I cannot explain it, I just know that in that moment my life changed for me. There are moments that I will start to gripe or whine when things don't go as they are "planned" but I find myself remembering that day and the peace I somehow found. I've really tried to be grateful for both the good and not so good things that have happened in my life...they after all are the things that have built the links that are my life and made me who I am. | |
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Gradtitude changes everything