Thankful Thursday-Summer

I rarely get to do my Monday and Thursday mimis anymore. So I'm taking this opportunity this morning. Lynn @ Spiritually Unequal Marriage is hosting us this morning. She wants us to share what we are thankful for during the summer months.

This one is a hard one for me. I am not fond of summer. I was as a kid and youth,but not as an adult. I will try and think of things I do like about it though.

• the refreshing rain that so often comes during these months
• fresh fruits,like watermelon,honeydew melon,and strawberries
• warm summer nights when you can sit out on the porch looking at the stars
• going to the river or creek with family and friends
• having Popsicles on a hot day

I live in the deep South and it is tremendously hot during the summer. So I find I become more isolated during these months and during the winter I come out!

On another note. I was reading the 23 Psalm this morning and this is something that Charles Stanley brought these 3 things out.

1. He is our Pardoning Shepherd - He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Psalm 23:2-3
2. He is our Providing Shepherd - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Matthew 7:9-11
3. He is our Protecting Shepherd - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4

I am thankful for our Shepherd and all He does for us. So much He does,that I take fore granted.

I'm also thankful for life. I am 28 weeks and 6 days pregnant. Our baby is healthy and growing. What an amazing thing! A life growing within a life!

God Bless and happy Thursday!

the hem of his garment

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Matthew 9:20-22

I was reading my morning devotional Thursday and it was about the woman who touched the hem of Jesus' garment and was healed. All she did was touch the hem of his garment and he felt the healing flow go out of him. How amazing is that? That blows my mind and is one of my favorite accounts in the Gospels.

Another thought crossed my mind while reading the devotional though. How often do we just settle for touching the hem of his garment? Yes, he is that powerful that one, small touch can heal you. We are given the authority to touch much more than that,spiritually speaking. Jesus intercedes for us and we do not have to beg. We can touch his healing hands,not just his garment. Just something to ponder.

Happy 4th of July everyone! Have a safe day! Remember freedom is never free! Thanks be to God for Jesus and his sacrifice!! Thanks be to God for our brave men and women fighting for our freedom also!