Psalm
95:1-6 –
O
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the
rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with
thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD
is a great God, And a great King above all gods, In whose hand are
the depths of the earth; The peaks of the mountains are His also. The
sea is His, for it was He who made it; And His hands formed the dry
land. Come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD
our Maker.
In
this time of Thanksgiving, I take the time to reflect on where God
has me right now, and how he brought me here. Even though I can
easily find complaint in life, and I can find anger in the loss of
life. Yet, God’s Love is so much bigger than all of that! His radical
love for me wraps me and covers me, it holds a weight of grace and
mercy.
I
pray that in this Thanksgiving season that wherever you are at. No
matter what storm you are riding the wave in. No matter what fears
are taunting you in your life. No matter what “hopeless”
situation you think you are in. That you will look to God…that you
will look up to our father, our daddy, our abba, and declare all of
his goodness, Praise and worship him for he is so worthy! I pray that
you will Praise him through your storm! I pray that his love will
cast out fear! I pray that he gives you Hope in your hopelessness! I
pray that he will wrap you in his love, and that you can rest in his
goodness.
Here
are just a few of the reasons that I am thankful:
-
Supporters
(A.K.A. YOU) – I
am so thankful for the outpouring of support in prayer, encouraging
e-mails, and financial support from all of you! I would not be here
in Thailand today without your support. I love you all for investing
in what God is calling me to do on this journey and in spreading his
kingdom around the world and allowing people to see “God’s Love”
everywhere we go. And that includes you…when you support me you
are a huge part of what is going on here, you are releasing the
kingdom of god over the earth, and you are the “Gods Love” the
people see and experience for the first time..in the jungles of
Malaysia, in the hospitals, homes, and schools in the Philippines,
and in the lives of gods beautiful daughters here in Thailand. Some
of you I don’t even know…I have never met you…and I know that
you just “stumbled” across my blog. But I believe God is using
you in a mighty way to further his kingdom, and I Thank You for your
open heart and willingness to support me!
-
Community
– I
am thankful that God has provided for me a place of community. I
love the crazy brothers and sisters God has thrown me with on the
wild adventure called “The World Race”. I love that it is a safe
place to be real, to be loved, to take risk, to be challenged, to be
encouraged, and to be pushed…further and further away from “who
we were” to “who he is calling us to be…more of Jesus”.
-
God’s
Unfailing Love –
WOW…WOW…WOW! God your Love is so good! I look back over my life,
I think of all the times that you covered me in your love. There was
never a time that I could do anything that would make you love me
more and nothing I could do to make you love me less….you love
me…because you love me…because you love me…because you love
me…because your nature is to love. You call me beloved! You love
me through all my crap, through all my struggles, through all my
anger, through all my tears, through all my challenges, through all
my accomplishments, through all my battles, through all my
confusion! With your love you have removed all obstacles in my life
to receive your love more. You love me outrageously! Your perfect
Love has cast out fear from my life. You love me with arms wide open
hanging from a cross beaten and bruised, gazing into my eyes and say
that you rejoice in me…that I am your beloved! For this I am
THANKFUL all the days of my life…that Daddy…You love me…and I
love you too!These
are just a few of the reason for me to give praise and thanksgiving
to our god! I pray that you would spend some time thanking him for
all he does for us and for his love. And pray that if there are
obstacles in your life preventing you from receiving that
love…That he would come in and remove that for you and that your
heart would be softened!I
love you all VERY MUCH! I Thank You for your continued support, and
encouragement! I am excited to see how God is moving in your life
and growing and challenging us all. I love my life…I love my
God…I love my family…I love my friends…I LOVE
Outrageously
Loved
Ryan
Hughes
