Psalm 100:4

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!

 

I read this scripture and I thought to myself:  How do you do this when the washing machine is broken? How do you do this when the plumber setup the shower incorrectly and you are still waiting for another person to fix the shower? How do you praise the Lord when your friend refuses to be saved and she’s losing her mind? How do you praise Him when your car breaks down, you are pregnant with your 4th child and your husband is the only one working? And how do you thank Him when your husband thinks you are crazy for thanking Jesus for all the wrong in your life right now.

 

This is what I’ve done for years! And it works!

Thank you Jesus, John thinks I’m crazy!

Thank you Jesus the washing machine is broken. 

Thank you Jesus the shower is wrong again and you are sending the right person to fix the shower.

Thank you Jesus my friend is losing her mind because she is one day closer to receiving your salvation and loving grace.

Thank you Jesus I’m pregnant with my 4th child and my car is broken down because your perfect will is working in my life.

 

Lord, I am thankful and I  bless you and affectionately praise your name! Let your will be done in my life. This simple prayer brought a free washer and dryer into my home, another person to fix my shower, and compassion for Donna, and a blessing of the 4th child and a car that will be repaired. 

 

Instead of worry and doubt, I am in the Lords perfect plan for a blessing,

 

I remember those hard days when I just wished I could be blessed AND now I know I am blessed despite what appears to be setbacks.