What am I thankful for?

I am thankful for many things: some big, some small. But I want you to know that I am most thankful for the love and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has made us, He calls us, He thinks thoughts of love and hope and purpose for us, and He pours out His Spirit into our lives. I am thankful that my God is alive and that He is all powerful and that He not only said He would be with us, but that He would be in us! I am thankful that I don’t have to walk this sod alone. I am thankful that I am not left to my own devices nor to my own inclinations. God knows what we need when we need it and if we will but turn to Him and cry out in our desperation and need, He will hear from heaven and heal our land! I am thankful that the Holy Spirit is a real, living, present Being! He is not an idea, a fairy tale, a legend, an impersonal force, a future reality or an unknown, indefinable quasi-real theological idea or man-made construct. The Holy Spirit is the power of God! He is the glory of God! He is the presence of God and He is very present to those who believe and seek Him with all of their hearts. I am thankful for our loving Father, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the promised and now here Holy Spirit. I am thankful that the Lord is near to those who call on Him. Are you calling on Him? Are you thankful for the Lord?!