We Went Through

 

   

Ps 66:8-12

 

8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples!

And make the voice of His praise to be heard,

9 Who keeps our soul among the living,

And does not allow our feet to be moved.

10 For You, O God, have tested us;

You have refined us as silver is refined.

11 You brought us into the net;

You laid affliction on our backs.

12 You have caused men to ride over our heads;

We went through fire and through water;

But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.

NKJV

 

Thanksgiving is a time to focus on the blessings in our lives.  The things, the people, the blessings that enrich our lives are worth recalling and giving thanks. If we take the time to review the past year, we will all have different testimonies with varying degrees of "wow factor", but still we have a testimony to share.  Did the Lord heal your body?  Make financial provision?  Encourage you with good  friends?  For all of these things- give thanks!

Some of us look back over the last year and see  a time of testing,  trial and growth.  The blessings of it all may be less obvious.  But even within that there is a testimony, "We went through fire and through water; but you brought us out to rich  fulfillment."  Sometimes our testimony is simply this, "I have been through some hard stuff, but I am still here!"  There are situations that are difficult to find the blessing in.  But there is never a time that we cannot look back and see the Blesser in the middle of it all.  Maybe we did  not hear his voice audibly.  Perhaps we did not feel goose bumps, but if we came through, we must recognize His keeping hand was upon us.  He has sustained us and kept us from falling.

Dear Lord, thank you for all you have done on my behalf this past year.  Help me to see Your hand in all that you have brought me through  as well as in the good things you have brought my way!  In Jesus' Name.  Amen.