Thank You

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.  Jonah 2:9

I’m sick.  No – not that way!  I have a cold.  I hate colds, they seem like such a waste of time.  The upside is…I’m spending a little time doing nothing.  Doing nothing is kinda hard for me, but alas – I haven’t a choice.  So tonight I took a little time to look over some of my blog postings, just remembering what things were like, seeing from where this journey has come.    

One thing I noticed though…I haven’t been very thankful, and I have A LOT to be thankful for!  I won’t even attempt to go through the list of people by name to whom I owe a debt of gratitude for their thoughts and prayers.  Thoughts and prayers for me through the beginnings of this journey, and even more so – thoughts and prayers for Ashley.  You know who you are (as do I for the most part) and from the depths of my heart – thank you so very much, you’ll probably never know how much I appreciate everything.

And then there’s God.  How do I even begin to thank God for what He has done?  You know how, when someone really goes out of their way to do something really special for you, you have to think and search and consider how to really show your appreciation?  Know how hard that is?  I realize right now...ugh!  How much harder is it to think of something for, for, for...GOD.  Really!  God!  You know - creator of the universe!  Talk about the ultimate man who has everything!  What could I possibly do to sincerely show my appreciation to the Being who spoke all into existence?  

I looked through the Bible for some examples.  I don’t have any lambs, and I don’t think God is calling Linus (my beagle) to the altar of thanksgiving.  But I do see several examples of people singing praises to God.  Now, I’m not much of a singer, but if that would do it…

But how would singing a song be enough?  Seems like anything I could sing, say or do would be the ultimate in understatements!  So I guess I am left with thanking God in this way:

Father,

Thank you for what you have done on so many levels and in so many ways, and to, and for so many people.  Thank you for what you are doing for me.  Teach me and guide me, help me to learn how to thank you by offering myself as a living sacrifice.