1. I am thankful that my dear husband Ronnie is home from the hospital and growing stronger every day after his heart attack.
   
2. I am thankful there never was a moment when Ronnie’s life was not, or is not, in God’s hands. I’m grateful that when we are weak God is strong.
3. I’m thankful for the answer to prayers for the healing power of Jesus Christ not only in healing but in providing a peaceful assurance that God was in charge.
4. I am thankful for my husband’s health, my health, and our family’s health. No one in our immediate family is in the hospital; we have no broken bones, and no illnesses. After daily trips to the hospital watching so many others suffering I can rejoice in the things I usually take for granted.
5. I am thankful we live close to a hospital, for compassionate paramedics, ambulance drivers. and for committed, gifted hospital nurses, dedicated doctors and skillful surgeons.
6. I am thankful for loving friends who quickly jumped in to help by caring for our children and animals; for friends near and far and those I only know online for being there to care, to listen, and most of all for praying during our family emergency.
7. I am thankful for family prayers, care, compassion, concern, visits, and phone calls.
8. I am thankful our eleven children are all healthy.
9. I am thankful our thirteen grandchildren are all healthy.
10. I am thankful our animals are all healthy.
11. I am thankful for health insurance and my husband’s diligence to always be sure we are ready for emergencies (from insurance to keeping my gas tank full for me and an emergency money stash in the car).
12. I am thankful for the nutrition information in the Bible and other books that explain what foods are healthful or harmful.
13. I am thankful for God’s sovereignty, providential love, and the beautiful peace He gave us during the fragile moments in the hospital. There was a special calm and confidence that Christ can never be separated from us — not even by death. That our time here on earth is only a speck on the timeline of eternity. I’m thankful for the speck but more thankful for the eternity.
    

To God be the glory!

“If we only endure our trials, then trials become our master, and we have a tendency to become hard and bitter. If we try to escape our trials, then we will probably miss the purposes God wants to achieve in our lives. But if we learn to enlist our trials, they will become our servants instead of our masters and work for us; and God will work all things together for our good and His glory. Rom. 8:28.” (Wiersbe, W.)

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