Happy Thanksgiving!
Very busy lately, so blogging has been slower lately, but now that Thanksgiving is here, I wish everyone a happy and blessed time with their loved ones. There is so much to be thankful for.
What am I thankful for? First and foremost, I am grateful for the second, third, ... and n-th chances God has given me. There is a large twenty year gap in my life where I did not even pretend to be a Christian, after being pretty dedicated in my youth, or so I thought at the time. I got hung up on legalism; trying to be a better Christian, getting frustrated whenever I failed, and eventually walking away from God. Now I realize that it is God's strength and righteousness that sustains me, not my own. I also thank God for providing me with a good teacher, C.S. Lewis, who helped me to realize the truth in the previous sentence in his book Mere Christianity.
Posted by joelfuhrmann at November 27, 2002 01:34 PM