Sharon Sharing God: IN GRATITUDE WE REMEMBER

Monday, May 28, 2012

IN GRATITUDE WE REMEMBER

Today is Memorial Day.

It is a day when we remember all those who died in service to our country.

We have so much to be grateful for…

***FREEDOM***

Last week, I attended church – Thank you.

Last week, I bowed my head and said *grace* before a meal, in public – Thank you.

Last week, I drove my car, with a Jesus sticker on it – Thank you.

Last week, I carried my Bible with me – Thank you.

Last week, I spoke to someone about my faith – Thank you.

Last week, I did so many things that would not have been possible if someone hadn't fought for this country – for my country – for your country.

We have the glorious freedom to worship our Lord – freely and publicly. We are not in danger of being thrown in jail, or tortured, or killed. And so many sacrificed so much in order for us to have that freedom.

Today I don't think it matters whether we agree or don't agree with political policy. Today it doesn't matter if we are *hawks* or *doves*. Today we simply focus on people – real people who served our country, who died for our country – who did this for our sakes – because they believed in freedom.

Thank you.

May we take today to remember what they fought for – what they sacrificed for – what they believed in…

One nation…under GOD.

In their honor, if you know someone who has served, or is serving, this country in the armed forces, I would encourage you to reach out to them today. Tell them how much you appreciate them. Tell them we will always remember them. Tell them…

Thank you.

Do you have someone that you remember on this day? Would you tell us about them?

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4 comments:

KerrieMay 28, 2012 at 3:37 AM
Good day to you Sharon!

Remembering with you the many sacrifices made by men and woman from all around the world.
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JudyMay 28, 2012 at 4:59 AM
Hi Sharon,

Thank you for such a wonderful post and for reminding us to be thankful for our freedoms. I'd like to add to this. I also thank God for the freedoms African Americans now have in this country. Freedom to vote, freedom to pursue education in mainstream institutions, freedom to live where we want to, freedom to apply to any job that interests us. Thank you Lord!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,
Judy
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UnknownMay 28, 2012 at 7:41 AM
Much to be thankful for.

God Bless you and your country and serving men and women of all countries everywhere.
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Deborah AnnMay 28, 2012 at 11:57 AM
What a beautiful memorial for this very special day. Thank you for sharing...Sharon! Your words always bless my heart...
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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

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Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

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Monday, May 28, 2012

IN GRATITUDE WE REMEMBER

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