Thankful Thursday

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I have been feeling really down and discouraged this year by my church. For an unknown reason, they stopped doing an alter call at the end of the service. Since today's theme is honesty, I'll be completely honest about the situation ... it completely weirded me out. I feel very uncomfortable about it. I have stayed home more Sundays than I have attended. The Sundays I have gone, I've just sat there in a fog and gotten nothing out of the sermon. This past Sunday was no different with the exception of one statement the pastor made during his sermon. It was something I really needed to hear and Monday morning started me down a new path ... one I should have been on all along.

I have also been discouraged about my garden, no rain since the beginning of April, the natural foods market we shop closing, my husband working insanely long hours and me feeling like I'm not getting a break or enough sleep. My Scripture reading this week has definitely been Divinely led and at least one verse each day has leaped off the page at me. Again, all things I needed to hear. Thank You Lord for Your Word! I was also watching Joel Osteen's television program last night and again, it was what I needed to hear to lift me out of feeling discouraged.

I am so grateful for how the Lord has reached out through different avenues this week to speak directly to me!