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This year I’m thankful for the ususal things; like how God provides for us, and for family and friends.  But this year I’m also extremely grateful for the wondeful grace of God as I had a serious health scare. 

A few weeks ago I was diagnosed with nodules on my thyroid gland.  This was found in an examination where the dr. was looking for another problem.  The discovery led to several trips back to the city for ultrasounds and biopsies.  Finally, at the end of the process they told me the nodules were benign.  Praise the Lord!

I was so happy that I could hardly speak! During those few weeks I didn’t know what the future would be.  Would I be  told I had cancer?  Would that mean surgery?  Would it mean radiation and lots of tests and trips to the city during the winter when the roads were bad?  So many unknowns. 

Our church family all prayed for me. My husband was sweet as he took me to all my appointments and waited patiently.  After each appointment he took me out to lunch just to make the day more enjoyable. 

During this time I turned to the Lord and asked Him to be with me and get me through whatever lay ahead.  For once in my life, I really didn’t worry and fret about it.  I remembered a scripture: 

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. (Philippians 4:8 NASB)

God tells us what to think about. I concentrated on the part “whatever is true.”  I knew that I had the nodules and that the dr. wanted further tests.  That was true.  I did not know the outcome so it was not good for me to dwell on that.  So, I trusted the Lord, and by His mercy and grace the outcome was wonderful.  It could have been different, but in the meantime, I still wasn’t worring.  I’ve discovered worry doesn’t do me any good at all and it is actually a sin in God’s sight.  I know in my heart if my results had come out bad then the good Lord would have been right there beside me in whatever I had to face extending His care and grace.

This Thanksgiving my heart is truly full of giving thanks to our wonderful, Savior.

I pray each of you will have a Happy Thanksgiving.