November 26, 2015
I’m thankful for Selah June.
Here is what she represents to me.
- unconditional love
- excruciatingly painful sacrifice
- willful obedience
- abiding faith and relentless hope
- peace through the storm
- family that stretches across genetics, heritage, and distance
- laughter from morning to night night
- curiosity and excitement for the next adventure
- relational, reciprocal, and limitless love
- mutual dependency mixed with frightening independence
- free will despite God’s omniscience and omnipotence
I don’t know why you should give thanks, but I know why I should.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” John 10:11
“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” Ephesians 5:2
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” I John 4:7
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” I Thessalonians 5:18
“O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.” I Chronicles 16:34
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Psalm 100:4
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” Psalm 68:19