One thing Derek and I used to do with our intentional community consistently every Saturday night, was something called “The Thankful Box.”
Throughout the week, people could randomly write things they were thankful for on scraps of paper and place them in the “Thankful Box.”
Saturday evenings were filled with feasting, fellowship, and worship through prayer, Scripture reading, and song. To end the night, we would take turns reading from the “Thankful Box.” Emoticons were highly encouraged to be acted out when one read a thankful note.
I want to take a moment and share what is in my thankful box this week. It is overflowing with the good things God has done!
I am thankful for the Lord providing someone to help continue the Burrito Project in Lake Worth, even after the core of Coral House has moved into different places and seasons. His timing could not have been more perfect, as He brought a woman named Renee into our lives one week before the Burrito Project was scheduled to end. I am thankful for His faithfulness.
I am thankful for letters that bring healing and forgiveness. I am thankful for the beautiful gesture of hand-picking a flower.
I am thankful for having health insurance, and being able to get my gum graph surgery done this past Thursday. I am thankful for the Doctor and his kindness. I am thankful for the process of healing.
I am thankful for the Lord exceeding my expectations once again. In my mind, I had set a goal of raising $7,000 towards World Race by the end of February. The Lord gave us more, and now we have a total of $8,000 raised! I am thankful for His provision through His people!
I am thankful for my Bible study girls. I am thankful for their listening ears, their wisdom, their thoughtfulness, and the AGAPE love that radiates in each of them. I am thankful for the new study of REDEMPTION we are beginning.
I am thankful for the Lord bringing healing to a student at my school who had 1% chance to live as she needed emergency brain surgery and then was in a coma. I am thankful that my God is BIGGER than a 1% chance to live, and that HE is the GIVER OF LIFE!
I am thankful for the kindness of a man at my gym. He randomly told me he wants to treat me to two sessions with an amazing trainer. I am thankful that God knows the desires of my heart, even the silly ones. I am thankful that He knew I myself would not spend the money to hire a trainer, but it is something I would love to do. I am thankful He chooses to lavish His love on us, just because.
I am thankful for the beautiful weather at the park today. I am thankful for the Lord providing food for us to share. I am thankful for the hands that helped serve. I am thankful for the lessons my friends at Bryant Park continue to teach me.
I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for the safe return of my grandparents after they spent a month visiting family in Arizona. I am thankful for my two beautiful and talented sisters. I am thankful for my brothers-in-law that bring me much laughter. I am thankful for my parents and my in-laws. I am thankful for my family related by blood. I am thankful for the family God has adopted me into. It is much larger than anything I ever could have imagined.
I am thankful for the Lord giving my husband the gift of music. I am thankful that I get the privilege of listening to him play the piano and guitar as he makes a joyful noise.
I am thankful for fresh fruits and vegetables.
I am thankful for my car. I am thankful that it is a tool that can be used to serve others and give them rides to and fro.
I am thankful that my God continues to make beautiful things out of my dust.
