i texted a note like this today to a friend diagnosed with a serious illness who was leaving Sloane Kettering after a week of treatments. He will have to continue outpatient ....i wanted to post this hoping it might help some suffering the same things at this time...
EACH MOMENT WE HAVE EACH DAY IS A GIFT....A PRIVILEGE. AN ILLNESS....SUFFERINGS...ACCIDENTS..... HAVE A WAY OF REMINDING US OF THIS. SADLY, WE USUALLY NEVER REACH THE DEPTH WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH OUTSIDE OF TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THESE IN OUR LIVES. WE ARE GIVEN A SPECIAL GRACE WHEN FACING OUR OWN MORTALITY THAT OTHER PEOPLE CANNOT EXPERIENCE TO THE DEGREE ONE CAN WHEN IN THE HEAT OF SUFFERING. LOTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS HOLIDAY...AN THIS YRS LIST, I AM SURE FOR MY FRIEND, WILL BE ON A MUCH DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN A HALLMARK CARD CAN EXPRESS. GOD BLESS ALL OF US...AND FOR MY FRIEND WHO IS OUR NEW MIRACLE, THANK YOU GOD FOR HEALING AND ANSWERING ALL OUR PRAYERS!! CELEBRATE MY DEAR FRIENDS...LET'S CELEBRATE OUR NEW LIFE THIS DAY AND THE MIRACLES YET TO COME. LOTS OF LOVE AND CONTINUED PRAYERS TO YOU, YOUR FAMILIES AND ALL THOSE YOU LOVE. GOD BLESS!
REMINDER : Thanksgiving is every day....celebrate a little differently this year.....make your own traditions....be with people who love you and accept you just the way you are....put God first and the turkey later....be brave enough to follow your heart in where you go, who you are with and what you will do this Thanksgiving....who knows?:...it might end up being the best Thanksgiving ever....and it just might be the last one we get to celebrate!
til next time....find all the verses in Scriptures that talk about giving thanks....
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