Thank is....

...ful!!!!

Yet, the tank that we call ourselves that is.... and mine is Full to the brim with Thanksgiving...

What a year it has been. I am so thankful for all that has happened in my life in order for God to get me where I am now. I am thankful for every person that has come in to my life and even the ones that have gone out of it... Not to forget all the different situations and circumstances that have been a part of my year too.

2010 started with an interesting start and has continued to bring my life ever closer to the Lord.

I am thankful for so many things.... but, most importantly is being Thankful for GOD.... especially in the way HE continues to speak into my life and fill my "tank" full of HIM....

Like last night I was reflecting on the Daniel Fast that I just completed and reflecting on the journey GOD has had me on, after spending time in prayer seeking HIM more I read my devotions. Hmmm..... "Streams in the Desert":

November 24
Be still, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
Is there any note in all the music of the world as mighty as the grand pause? Is there any word in the Psalms more eloquent than the word "Selah," meaning pause? Is there anything more thrilling and awe-inspiring than the calm before the crashing of the storm, or the strange quiet that seems to fall upon nature before some supernatural phenomenon or disastrous upheaval? And is there anything that can touch our hearts like the power of stillness?

For the hearts that will cease focusing on themselves, there is "the peace of God, which transcends all understanding" (Philippians 4:7); "quietness and trust" (Isaiah 30:15), which is the source of all strength; a "great peace: that will never "make them stumble" (Psalm 119:165); and a deep rest, which the world can never give nor take away. Deep within the center of the soul is a chamber of peace where God lives and where, if we will enter it and quiet all the other sounds, we can hear His "gentle whisper" (1 Kings 19:12).

Even in the fastest wheel that is turning, if you look at the center, where the axle is found, there is no movement at all. And even in the busiest life, there is a place where we may dwell alone with God in eternal stillness.
There is only one way to know God; "Be still, and know." "The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him" (Habakkuk 2:20). ~selected

All-loving Father, sometimes we have walked under starless skies that dripped darkness like drenching rain. We despaired from the lack of light from the sun, moon, and stars. The gloomy darkness loomed above us as if it would last forever. And from the dark, there spoke no soothing voice to mend our broken hearts. We would gladly have welcomed even a wild clap of thunder, if only to break the torturing stillness of that mournfully depressing night.

Yet Your soft whisper of eternal love spoke more sweetly to our bruised and bleeding souls than any winds that breathe across a wind harp. It was Your "gentle whisper" that spoke to us. We were listening and we heard You, and then we looked and saw Your face, which was radiant with the light of Your love. And when we heard Your voice and saw Your face, new life returned to us, just as life returns to withered blossoms that drink the summer rain.

Yep, I am "tank full" this Thanksgiving to the point of overflowing, along with being thankful for "finding rest, o my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him" (Psalm 62:5); "therefore I will wait for him. for the Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord" (Lamentations 3:24b-26)....

Thus, Being still and knowing HE is GOD, I'm WAITING quietly with HOPE while seeking HIM with all my heart and knowing that I am fully Known and fully Loved with no Fear of Rejection!!!! HE is that into me.... Now, to Humbly live life on Purpose, with Passion! I will continue to Trust!!