Are We Ready to be Thankful?

So very many people have blessed us this year. Sickness and difficulty have trodden us sore and were it not for the warfare that is waged by the People of God on our behalf, we should have been trampled mercilessly by unbelief and grumbling. God uses ordinary people, alright. We have seen, firsthand, how God uses His Church to further His cause upon the earth;ie., the family, close and far who have encouraged and come to our aid in so many countless and varied ways; the brethren, who have spoken life into our souls and given much for our care; the Pastors, who have prayed specifically for us and our family and preached encouragements to press on, by faith; the hospitals and doctors and nurses who have serviced us and instructed us on health issues. We are ready to be Thankful. Now we do Thank God for all His mercies and benevolences and when we are tempted to think hard thoughts of Him, He sends people who bring little pieces of Him, to remind us how big His love really is. And even bigger than that?:) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love and praise.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~```` Unnumbered comforts to my soul Thy tender care bestowed, Before my heart was e'er aware From whence these comforts flowed.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` When worn with sickness, oft hast Thou With health renewed my face; And when in sin and sorrows sunk Revived my soul with grace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Through ev'ry period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue, And after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Through all eternity to Thee A joyful song I'll raise; But O! eternity's too short To utter all Thy praise! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------