A Thanksgiving to remember

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  Last year I was pregnant with William.

  This year I have two beautiful daughters.

  The year has been difficult. I have faced many trials emotionally

  and spiritually, but He drew me in.

  He kept me from being overwhelmed

  in the midst of the largest storm of my life.

  He breathed for me on the night
  

  we lost William and He whispered "I'm here" all along the way.

  He knew that two little girls would

  need my love and our home.

  I didn't

  He knew all along.

  As I talked with a dear friend who has a broken heart

  I told her that He knows.
  Trust Him

  Believe in Him more when your faith is less.
  Whisper His promises

  Sing His songs

  Write a Thankful list

  and

  Be Thankful

  I know that sounds easy enough

  but in the storm it's hard to be

  thankful for rain when you feel like your drowning in it.

  Trials will come to all of God's children

  It's not because you didn't "pray enough" or "trust enough".

  So many people have the attitude that God loves

  them more because He blesses them with more children or more money

  and that is simply not the truth.

  I remember not long after William died

  I heard someone say to someone else "God must really love you because

  it's so easy for you to get pregnant, He blesses you with children so you must be blessed."

  I cried because I thought " God loves me! How can they say that?"

  Does He love you more and me less because William died or because I can't get pregnant?

  of course not

  There are Christians that pray so hard for a baby

  and yet God says no because He can be glorified more by not giving them a baby.

  We have to be so careful in our speech because just because God gives you children or money or

  great health it's because of His providence for you right now.

  Give Him glory not yourself.

  William died not because God was trying to teach me a lesson

  or because He loved someone more and didn't want to put them through the pain.it was because He could be Glorified More
  through William's death.

  In His Providence he allowed the girls to

  be apart of our family, not because He loved us more but

  because He would be Glorified more with them here.

  Some of us may have

  prodigals ,cancer

  a husband who just doesn't get it, no money no friends a broken heart. A hard life

but

We need to make sure that we give God glory during

all times good and bad.

Are all of our days not numbered and laid out by our Father?

He could change it all if He wanted to.

We should rest in His will for our life.

This Thanksgiving season I can say

I'm thankful that the Lord took William

on to heaven.

He is not just a part of my past

but now he is a part of my

future as well.

So if something good happens in your life say

To God be the glory

When something bad happens say

To God be the glory

Give all praise and glory to our Father

in heaven.....and Glorify His name