Timeless Truth

If you present your peace offering as a thanksgiving offering.  Leviticus 7:12 NLT

Thoughtful Wisdom 

“A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most nearly perfect prayer,”  – Gotthold Lessing

     “Whining is just unbecoming.”  – Maya Angelou

     “We have two choices in life–to be grumbly hateful, or to be humbly grateful.”  – Anonymous 

     “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive –
          to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”  – Emperor Marcus Aurelius

     “Gratitude is from the same root word as ‘grace,’ which signifies the free and boundless mercy of God.

          Thanksgiving is from the same root word as ‘think,’ so that to think is to thank.”  – Willis King 

Treasured Gifts 

     *  Faith linking us to God’s grace and unconditional love

     *  Our Heavenly Father engineering circumstances in our best interest, blessing us with incomprehensible peace

     *  Family counteracting our loneliness, enriching life by their love 

     *  Friends loyal to us in fair and foul weather 

     *  Joy in all circumstances enabling us to sing 

     *  Purpose for life giving us the privilege of honoring our Creator

     *  Daily bread providing all we need from day to day

     *  Forever to praise our Maker, Redeemer and Friend 

Today’s Affirmation

Realizing everything good in my life is a gift from God, I will be humbly grateful for his lovingkindness.   

                                                        Pastor (ret) Johnny R. Almond