Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Only By Grace...

It is by His grace that we're not consumed. It is by His grace that we shut our eyes to sleep for the night and wake up and it's morning. You lift your hands, they're working perfectly...the eyes see, your legs work, your brain hasn't shut down. Your family is intact, you can think clearly...it is only by His grace. C'mon someone must be behind all that...it is God and He deserves some praise.

Atimes we don't think clearly, our problems seem to be so huge that we forget the goodness of God and His faithfulness to us. What i hear clearly in my spirit this morning is that even if you're going through stuff, things that you don't understand, you're going through them only because you can bear them, you're strong enough and at the end of it, you will come out tried and tested, purified! Can i get an Amen? I am speaking to myself and I'm speaking to you...whatever you're going through right now is not permanent..it will COME TO PASS....

Just look very well, think deeply, there is at least something you can be thankful for even in the eye of the storm!

So here goes my own list:

1. I am thankful for grace. Grace is what makes it possible for me to keep having several chances with God.

2. I am thankful for my life companion, the man God has given me, what we have is special and i'm just glad I have him to walk life's road with.

3. I am thankful for great friends, those who will listen to you rant and not think you have a nut unscrewed in your head....those friends like sisters who are ever there to catch you when you seem to be falling. It's a blessing and I don't take it for granted.

4. I am thankful for my health. Every part of my body works, it is only by His grace.

5. I am thankful for that phone call...the one that got me searching my soul and got me saying some things over and over to myself. Thanks for that sis, it was a blessing and i know i'm blessed!

6. I am thankful that I finally got to take that step...it just might be a window to great things...

7. I'm thankful that hubby got to stay home with me instead of being away for two days. I hate the home alone days and when i got that text saying 'have you been praying about my journey?' I knew he was staying home...yay! lol

8. I'm thankful for Midnight crew and their inspiration to sing IGWE....i'm just so hooked on that song at the moment...yeah yeah, i know, i'm beginning to sound like a broken record. I'm still thankful for them anyways!

9. I'm thankful for blogville....it's just a blessed community.

That's my list, are you making yours?

Happy midweek!

31 comments:

QMoney said...

am thankful to be 1stttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

QMoney said...

am thanksful to be 2ndddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

QMoney said...

am thankful no one came btw my 1st,2nd and 3rd!!!!!!!
making me the ultimate #1

Writefreak said...

QMoney my sis...na you biko today o! I'm thankful for you jare...nurin do you!

Adaeze said...

I'm thankful for your inspiring post. You must be glad hubby is staying home. I hate staying alone days too, lol. Happy easter

Lisa said...

AMEN! I really do think this message was for me....I'm thankful for my upcoming exams because I know that God is with me.

Roc said...

The more one thinks about it.. The more reasons to be thankful..!

Blogoratti said...

Everyday ought to be a thanks giving...
Thanks for sharing!

Writefreak said...

Adaeze: Trust me, i am extremely glad! Wish you a lovely Easter too!

Lisa: I'm glad it inspired you. Yes God is with you!

Roc: According to Yoruba pple, only people who don't think won't know how to praise!

downtheaisle said...

uncountable reasons to be thankful, Lord I'm thankful too.

Giagerry said...

im thanlkful dat ur thankful for blogsville!
nd Im thankful dat he has seen me thru alot and he is seeing me thru my last lap of undergraduate!

Unknown said...

even if you're going through stuff, things that you don't understand, you're going through them only because you can bear them, you're strong enough and at the end of it, you will come out tried and tested, purified!



Halleluyah to that part
It is soo true

Remi, United Kingdom said...

My liste of things to be thankful for are endless. But this very day, I am thankful for being alive and well. Ultimately, I am thankful that I know God, that I love him and that He calls me his own. With that fear, knowledge and understanding, anything I go through, cannot break me, because God is onside...

Thanks writefreak for this opportuninty to express my gratitude to God.

Much Love

Anonymous said...

thanks for this. I am thankful for people like you, who are bold enough to say what they are grateful for.

Good Naija Girl said...

Thank God for grace, and for people like you who are gifted with the ability to reach us...it will be well.

I love these lists...keep them coming.

Anonymous said...

I am thankful

Toluwa said...

am thankful...if he chooses to look upon my sins, i wld be damned. Bt he has loved me regardless..and am thankful!

am thankful for ur blog!

Unknown said...

I thank God for all things. I left a message for you on my blog. have a swell day...

bob-ij said...

It's weird that I'm thinking about the whole sleeping and waking up thing!>..We seem to always forget that we might not always wake up.. I pray we all do.

I am just thankful for EVERYTHING!... The list is endless

x!

BSNC said...

i am thankful that you are thankful..

Rita said...

To think that there is so much to be thankful for yet we overlook...Thank you for this post.
Enjoy your easter hols...

In my head and around me said...

There are indeed many things to be thankful for.

tobenna said...

This Grace is indeed incredible.
Without her, life woulda been senseless.

Chookz said...

Thanks I needed that inspiration

Afrobabe said...

You got me hooked on the song as well...

Buttercup said...

hey momma, gchat is acting up, it just signed me out abruptly and its just not connecting anymore :( ....please help me tell that my big sis too..lol..

i'll be back to read this!

mwah!

LovePaprika said...

I shall make mine!!! :) Happy easter and have a nice weekend :)

Mimi said...

I'm grateful for a lot of things...

:) My salvation :)

oh yea, and the Igwe song....is amazing, used to skip it on my friend's playlist but one day, i heard it and well... :) no going back!

Writefreak, I'm doing fine, thank you.

Buttercup said...

im thankful for u! :)

Rita said...

I am reading this post again and just knowing that you are indeed a blessing...Stay blessed

Geebee said...

Thanksgiving is like a stimulant. You just drift away to a place where everything just feels perfect. Little wonder the angels can worship for eternity. When we are giving thanks truly from the heart, we hardly remember whether anything’s been going wrong or something that could have been better. You’re just grateful to be who you are, where you are, how you are and what you are. There’s no better place than a place of thanksgiving. I’m thankful for life in its entirety. I TAGGED YOU