November of Thanksgiving 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 07:09AM 
I'm studying the life of David in preparation for next week's Bible study. Like Peter, David is a man of great passion and faith--big highs and big lows.
I'm thankful for the unsanitized accounts of the men and women of the Bible. How despairing we would be if we were only given their victorious moments of deep faith and unswerving faithfulness to consider! But how comforting it is to read the accounts of their lives and see that God used them mightily, even in spite of their sin and weakness. And He forgave them for His Name's sake.
Their lives, warts and all, demonstrate God's redemptive work in individuals and in His church:
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Thanksgiving is a good thing. Sharing your thanksgiving thoughts with others is a good thing. I hope you'll join in with me and others in this November of Thanksgiving!
Reader Comments (1)
Kim,
I too am thankful for an honest look at ordinary people who were used because of the grace of an extraordinary God. Gives me hope, for sure!