His Patience and Mercy
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Introduction
Introduction
Thanksgiving Holiday
Food
Reacquaint
Making the most of the opportunities
Pause and reflect on what God has given me
Time
Quality of life (i.e., mobility, 5 senses [vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste], healthcare,)
Memorable moments
Provision
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
What has God’s patience denied or delayed?
What has God’s mercy thwarted in order to establish?
My story [Your story] is already written for the Glory of God
My story [Your story] is already written for the Glory of God
King David wrote this Psalm
King David wrote this Psalm
Psalm 139:13–18 (NIV)
13 For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with You.
What has God’s patience denied or delayed?
What has God’s patience denied or delayed?
Cancer and Remission
Cancer and Remission
Sonia’s grandpa died of cancer in June 2000
Sonia’s grandma was recently diagnosed with cancer
After several rounds of radiation she is now cancer free
What has God’s mercy thwarted in order to establish?
What has God’s mercy thwarted in order to establish?
Sustained life
Sustained life
Umbilical cord around neck
Fall from 2 or 3 story building
Car accidents
Violence and threat with the use of a firearm
Close to gang violence
Exposure to drugs
Fall from roof
Trapped in a trunk
Choking
Driving on the e-way numerous times during a treacherous winter storm
The timeline of life
The timeline of life
Chapter 1 - birth and toddler years
Chapter 2 - childhood years
Chapter 3 - teenager years
Chapter 4 - adulthood years
Chapter 5 - midlife years
Chapter 6 - retirement years
Eternity
Remember, there is a book in heaven with your name on it.
Remember, there is a book in heaven with your name on it.
And before you and I were born, all the days we have lived were written and archived in heaven
Psalm 139:16 “16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”