“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who doesn’t change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17
Heavenly Father, I woke up today a grateful man, and I want to “stay stuck” in this mode for the foreseeable and unforeseeable future. Here are a few of your gifts for which I’m particularly grateful this morning.
I’m so grateful, as James described you, that you are our “changeless Father.” You are always 100% sovereign, irrepressibly loving, and faithful. I stay grateful and needful for the Gospel of your grace—because I lived too long by the non-gospel of my grit. We are becoming more Christlike, but we’ll never be more righteous because Jesus is our “righteousness, holiness, and redemption” (1Cor.1:30). Hallelujah and thank you. And I’m also grateful today for these things:
- Grace-forged, time-tested, all-season friendships
- A seven Largemouth Bass Day yesterday with grandson Otto
- Knowing Jesus is currently ruling the world with truth and grace
- Backyard hummingbirds and dark chocolate Klondike bars
- Exciting reports of Gospel breakthroughs in the world
- A home delivery service in Franklin for fresh sourdough bread
- Knowing the throne of grace has never been more occupied
- Seeing so much green everywhere in middle TN this late in July
- The joy of knowing you as Redeemer—not Re-Do or 2nd Chance
- Darlene’s joy water coloring with her high school friend PeggyLastly Abba, thank you for your commitment to bring to completion your good work in each of us and in every square inch of your universe. Thank you for the coming Day when the entire earth will be filled with your glory and all things will be new. Hope is the order of this day and every day. So Very Amen.
