Thank You Jesus,
Thank You for another day. Thank you that you still sit on the throne today, and I did not phase You in any of my yesterdays. You were not rocked or moved by my craziness.
Thank You that You have still not finished with me. Thank You that You have good plans for me here – in the land of the living – and that You are always thinking thoughts of peace towards me.
Thank You that You are patient and kind towards me.
Thank You that You are my provider, especially when I am desolate. Thank You that You give me a voice to sing and to raise to the heavens, and to shout with joy even when I do not see any life in my circumstances or in my flesh.
Thank You that my spirit is already seated in heavenly places with You because You have redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness and ransomed my debt against You with the blood of your Son. Thank You that I belong to You, the God Most High of the heavens and the earth.
Thank You that the struggles I face in this flesh are only temporary. This flesh will eventually pass away, and I will only be left with the spiritual adornment that You have chosen for me.
Thank You that You take my burden and give me rest. Thank You that even though I cannot see or perceive the spiritual realm and its battles, I am assured that Your spirit lives within me and is moving mightily on my behalf. Thank You, Jesus, that you are seated at the right hand of the Father and You are continually interceding on my behalf, pleading my cause before Him.
Thank You, Holy Spirit that You are revealing to me how deep, how wide, and what is the breadth of the Father’s love for me, and preparing me for Jesus. Thank You that You are taking out my spots and my wrinkles. Thank You that You are changing me from one degree of glory to the next, here a little, there a little.
Thank You that You are a good God and You give me joy in the midst of my troubles. Thank You that You cause me to pray unceasingly. Thank You for problems, because never in my life have I sought after You so relentlessly as when I have found myself in a pit … again …
Thank You that the enemy does not have any power over my life, and that I am a child of the Most High King. Thank You that You do not disown me at the first hint of insubordination. Thank You that You let me crawl around and muck about and get dirty and messy and make a huge mess of things. Thank You that You will never leave me or forsake me. Thank You that You are mighty to save, and that You have saved me and redeemed me from the pit of hell.
Thank You that You are faithful. Thank You that Your ways are not my ways, and that Your thoughts are higher than my thoughts. Thank You that You order my footsteps and Your word is sent to me to light the way when I cannot see.
Thank You that You will not permit the enemy to snatch me out of Your hand because I am Yours. Thank You that You love me so much that You will leave the 99 and come after me. Thank You for loving me so much, that when You have to pick me up after wondering off yet again, You are so gracious as to break my legs as a shepherd does to teach and keep a wayward sheep close. Lord, this is what I so need from You. I crave Your discipline. I am so unruly, completely lacking discipline and will. When I am left to myself, I am completely self-destructive.
Thank You that You teach me how to love myself as I observe the way you love on me. And thank you for teaching me how to love others the same way that You have taught me to love myself. Thank You that Your love is shed abroad in my heart already. Thank You, Jesus.
Thank You that You are not shaken by me being shaken. Thank You that You have me on the threshing floor and are clearing away all the dross in me. Thank You that You love me enough to not let me stay stagnant, but that You want to keep pushing and moving forward. Thank You that You let me fall sometimes so I can learn how the process works. Thank You that You are killing my flesh off now, here in this life, not just in the one to come, and You are having a great time doing it, just as a mother enjoys the process of teaching a young child how to walk.
Thank You that Your Joy is my strength. Thank You that You cause me to lie down in green pastures. Thank You that the lines have fallen in pleasant places for me. Thank You that You are good and You are Holy and Worthy and Beautiful and Lovely and full of Grace and Mercy.
Thank You that You kept the laws and the commands so that I would not have to live my life under that type of debilitating pressure and expectation. Thank You that it is for freedom that You have set me free.
Thank You that I am healed, physically, emotionally, and mentally by the stripes that I caused to Your body. Thank You that in that moment You took the punishment for every wrong I would ever commit. You absorbed my evil into Yourself and You became sin for me. Thank You that You died for me so that I could live. Thank You for Your peace and mercy.
Thank You Jesus that You never abandon me in my fear. Thank You that You are ever present with me. Thank You that You are closer than the very breath in my lungs. Thank You that You are intimately acquainted with every aspect of who I am, who You created me to be. Thank You that the person You created me to be is so radically different from the person that I am (honestly and currently, but not truthfully according to Your unchanging truth). Thank You that because I am so evil and so completely opposite of everything that You are, anything that You do in my life will be a complete miracle! Because I have resisted You and fought against You tooth and nail. I have hardened my heart against You so that I would not have to feel, or experience, or face my flesh. I have been arrogant and selfish. Thank You Jesus that You are good enough to be able to point out to me in love, that I am no longer a slave to my sin. Thank You that You spoke that to me even while my chains still held me fast.
Lord, You are good. Only You are good, and none is good but You. Not me, not at my best, not at my worst, I am unworthy in any state that I find myself, whether fighting and resisting or willing and submissive.
Thank You that You have made me a new creation, that I am no longer a slave to fear and You are changing me into your likeness by causing me to behold Your unchanging face. I love You Jesus.
Thank You for reaching me. Thank You for Your peace and Your comfort. And thank You that I do not have to be a partner together with You, except that You do it all by Yourself, and then I would be able to partner with You.
Jesus, You are good. So, so, good! I do not even judge myself, Father, only You alone, according to Your Sacrifice, Love, Mercy, Grace, and abundant Goodness.
