It looks like Christmas here….CBI is covered in a white blanket. But it is not Christmas, it’s the season of THANKSGIVING! Oh give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good!! God has blessed me beyond measure! To name just a few, I am thankful for…
- Jesus Christ; my Savior, King, and Friend!
- The Word of God which lives and abides for ever!
- The conforming work of God in my life!
- The wonderful family that God placed me in! Pa and Ma – the ones who love me more than I know, point me to the Lord, pray for me, and are two of my best friends! Isaac – my comrade all growing up, the one I can talk to about anything, challenges me in my walk with the Lord. Luke – my pal, and co-laborer in camp cleaning for many years, bestower of many knives and gun holsters :D Ezekiel and Moriah – the two little munchkins that were born on the other side of the world but God’s plan was for them to be in our family!!
- The Shively family, my family away from home and friends!
- My grandparents – for their godly example, encouragement, and support.
- Cornerstone Bible Institute. A place to be challenged in the Word of God and to prepare me for ministry! The impact this school has had on my life cannot be placed into words
- Friends - for fellowship around Jesus Christ, times of hilarity and contagious laughter, and companion in times of study as well as procrastination.
- The faculty and staff of CBI who love the Lord, serve him moment by moment, give their time to invest in our lives, are always willing to listen, teach us as well as laugh with us, open their homes to us, and love us!
- For Lopez Canyon Bible Camp, the best place in the world to grow up, all that the Lord taught me there about being a servant, and all the practical tasks I learned to do that can be put into use wherever the Lord may lead me.
- For Black Hills Bible Church, the times of gathering around God’s Word, fellowship and fun times, and the opportunity to teach Sunday School!
- For each new day that the Lord brings. The Lord’s mercies are new every morning and each day there is more to be learned about of who He is!
- The trails and challenges of life that God allows and uses to conform us into the image of His Dear Son. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: - 1 Peter 1:7
Cease not to give thanks!
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