Inexpressible Joy: November 2011

24 years ago no one know who I would become or what I would do with my life. I didn't even know I existed. But God did.

Psalm 139:13-19
"For you formed my inward parts;
   you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;
   my soul knows it very well.
¹⁵My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,
   intricately woven inthe depths of the earth.
¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them,
   the days that were formed for me,
   when as yet there was none of them.
¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
   How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
   I awake, and I am still with you."

How can we ever cease to praise God for His good gifts?
This is my prayer today.

Dear Lord,

I just want to thank you for the wonderful gift of life that you have given me. You alone saw me and knew me before anyone else did. You blessed me with a wonderful family you taught me to love You. You have given me great and wonderful gifts all of my life. You saw me on the day of my birth and all the days of my childhood and preserved my life. You knew the hardships I would face and gave me the strength to carry on, even when things seemed desperate. You have truly never left my side. And I can never praise You enough for that. Everything good in my life has come from You, nothing that I do on my own matters.

My life has changed in unimaginable ways over the past year. One year ago, I didn’t know what Southern Seminary was, I had never heard of Ninth and O Baptist Church or the Gardner School, and I didn’t know my little room in Mullins hall existed. Yet all of these have become a major part of my life. Even more so, I had never met some of the best friends and mentors that I now have. I am amazed at the good gifts that you have given me. I have done nothing to deserve them, yet You continue to bless me.

Thank you Lord, for blessing me with 24 years of life. I pray that you will continue to bless me with many more years and that you will guide my ways so that I will never stray from the plan that You have for my life. I know that true life comes from You alone. All that I can offer you in return is my life, so I pray that You would take it and use the rest of my years in whatever way it pleases You.

Thank you Lord, Amen.

Some the best things from the past year of my life: