Live With The Rayfords--Thanksgiving

On this day--Thanksgiving Day--we have lived to see so many changes in the world-changes we would not have thought about ten years ago, but here we are.

God has blessed us to see our children grown and our grandchildren growing.

He has blessed us to have had jobs and careers that made it possible for us to enjoy life and can now enjoy retirement.

He has blessed with good health and sound minds and desire to continue serving Him.

We have been blessed to enjoy living our retirement years in a quiet neighborhood and with good neighbors.

We have been blessed to be a blessing to many and we are yet waiting to see how He will continue to use us for His glory.

We have a roof over our heads, beds to sleep in and food to eat. We have family who love us and friends who care about us.

We are truly grateful because it is only because of The Lord--He has made the difference in our lives and had it not been for Him, we don't know where we would be.

So, we give Him thanks--for all He has done, is doing, and will do in our lives. We give Him praise because He did not give us what we deserved, but loved us enough to shower us with mercy and grace--in spite of us.

What God wants more from us than external trappings of worship and praise is for us to have a heart of gratitude for all we have. When we learn to be thankful for what we have, He'll give us more, but until we show Him we are grateful, we'll have to be content with such as we have--and for many of us--that's enough.

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Join us again, next week at the same time for another episode of Live With The Rayfords and stay Blessed!