A Letter of Thanks

Abba,
Where do I begin? What a year! I want to reflect on your grace and tell you what I am thankful for. I must begin with your amazing love. Your love is unconditional yet you are a just father who wants the best for your child. Your love transcends all things. Your love is a beautiful description of your most precious being. The characteristics of your love (patience, kindness, peace, goodness, gentleness, forgiveness) truly paints a picture of the essence of who you are. I thank you for showering me with your love - I Thank you for your love for me.

Thank you for your patience and persistence. This year you have patiently and persistently brought me through times of difficulty. When I continued asking why, what, when, how much longer…your patient and persistent love held me. You patiently reminded me over and over of your unfailing love for me. Thank you for your patience and persistence.

Thank you for my continuing ed. courses. You are the ultimate teacher - The best there is. And you have consistently taught me through experiences and situations that you are the sovereign God of all creation and that you have me in the palm of your hand. You continue to tell me that you have a plan for my life and that you will not fail me. Your gentle, teaching spirit continues to tell me that what you are teaching me will only bring me to a greater understanding of your most amazing being. You have used my relationships to teach me and to break me. But, as you know I am a slow learner. I continue in my stubbornness to not listen or learn. And in those moments of failure, your gentle voice reassures me that you will not give up on me and that you will continue to help me in my pursuit of you. Abba, Thank You for not giving up on me…Thank you for your persistent love for me.

Thank you for spending time with me. You know, when I sit still to talk with you and to leave heavy burdens at your feet, you give me your undivided attention. You listen and you respond. I treasure my time alone with you. It amazes me that you, The God of the universe, YOU, want to sit and be with me. It amazes me that you chose me…that you have a plan to use me in the furthering of your kingdom. What a privilege and an honor. Thank you for faithfully spending time with me. You are never too busy…you are always available – Your door is always open.

I thank you for the peace that I have for the future. I have discovered that the more I trust, believe and place my faith in you the more peace fills my soul. There is nothing in this world that compares to the peace and security that is found in you and you alone. Thank you for using difficult times, questions, heavy burdens, times of uncertainty to drive me closer to you. Through these experiences I have discovered that when I trust you, when I believe in your word, and when I put my faith in you all else fades away and what remains, is your peace. Please don’t stop stripping me of all doubt and uncertainty. I thank you for taking me deeper in my understanding of you and what it means to truly trust, believe and put all of my faith in the sovereign God of all. Thank you for the peace that surpasses all understanding.

Abba you are worthy of all that I am. You are my everything and I treasure you.

My Abba, I love you…