Meditations: Thanksgiving

Reposted from SpecFaith.






“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; I will sing!

And with my mouth will I make known

thy faithfulness through all generations!”

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“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,

for his steadfast love endures forever…”

~Ps. 136.1-3


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“What is man, that you are mindful of him,

The son of man, that you should care for him?” (Psalm 8 )


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“Am I only a God nearby, and not a God far off?” (Jeremiah)

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“And for this reason I bow my head before the Father…”

And so we call the Master of the Universe….Daddy.

“His anger is for a moment; his lovingkindness for generations.”

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He is not made uneasy or disturbed by our flaking emotions. He is secure enough in himself to endure even the most blistering accusations (Yancey). He takes pleasure in us, delights in giving of himself to us. The Master of the Universe hears the words of a few halflings–spirit and clay.


I think I’d go to pieces if I didn’t have his strength.

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“Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, that you may become blameless and pure children of God.” “Do not let the sun go down on your anger, for the anger of man does not bring about the things God desires” (that’s a gross paraphrase).



At the end of the day, when I’m lost in my own frustrations, when all Hades breaks loose, when I’m exhausted, moody, depressed, exultant, overjoyed, or too stunned to have an emotion, the bigger picture’s furiously simple: He is here.


He has seen.


He has heard.


He knows.


And he has come.



And not only come, but come to deliver.

I suppose that’s all I’ve got.


My prayer is that everyone’s doings this week are guarded by the right hand of God. My hope is that your days will be full of mirth and nothing unpleasant will befall you. But whether it is so or not: His love endures forever.


“May the Lord bless you and keep you;

May he make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you,

And give you peace.”


Let the Spirit guide you always. He’s a writer, too.

More from me....

Alright, so I'm really sorry for neglecting this thing. I've been posting on Speculative Faith and on my Facebook page, and, well, even that's been pushing what I can do. I'm considering moving everything strictly to FB but I haven't made up my mind yet.

With Speculative Faith, it's mostly my meanderings on writing (specifically when it comes to sci-fi/fantasy, supernatural, or anything else on that end of the novel spectrum). I've got a kid-sister series to Observations of a Church Brat titled Observations of a Youngling (yes, the Star Wars nerds will get it).

My FB profile pulls feed from this site and sometimes I remember to link Speculative Faith. I usually get tagged. Anyway. Facebook is where I've put poetry, story 'snippets,' and various, impulsive musings.

So, as you can see, the bulk of my thoughts have been going elsewhere; and I keep forgetting to do anything else.

Ah well.

At the moment I have multiple projects going on, and that may be half my recent frustration. It looks a little like this:

-Story research
-Job research/hunt
-Publishing world research (Hey, I gotta learn sometime)
-Midsummer Dream Project 2011
-Personal reading list (the one with no research attached to it)
-Book reviews
-Personal studies: Spanish, church history, devotional type books
-My Bible reading project that's gotten a bit away from me and therefore has become a multi-year project. Go figure.

And on top of that there's tutoring, editing, misc. chores, and a book begging me to write it. Screaming at me.

But the truth is, I have to knock some of these things off the list first, or they'll never get done. Kaci in "story mode" is a scary state of being.

There's probably a reason my social life is lacking...


Anyway. For anyone who's reading: I suppose my prayers are for my sanity, if you will. Have a good night.