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| Jan Parrish, (c) 2010 |
Dear God,
You do so much for me every day and I am full of gratitude. I have so many thankful thoughts sifting through my mind that I decided to write you a letter of praise.
Thank you for the gift of life, for telling me to go to the ER, and for giving me the strength to recover. Thank you for giving me the faith and fortitude to face two more surgeries. Thank you for the joy I have in you, despite my circumstances.
Thank you for the dear friends and family who’ve brought meals, gifts, cleaned, and visited. Thank you for all those who prayed, sent cards, donated money and placed me on prayer chains. I am grateful and humbled by their generosity.
Thank you for the teenager who sent $20 of her babysitting money to my fundraiser saying, “They need it more than I do.” Bless the struggling families who gave in spite of their lack. I am rendered speechless in the face of such generosity.
I’m so grateful for the letters you sent with money and gift cards. I felt your love in each envelope. Remember the day I prayed you’d send me some money and hours later one of your cards arrived? Thank you for the generous souls who hear your voice and obey. Give them favor and blessings in miraculous ways.
Thank you for the wonderful friends who helped us move, some we didn’t even know. Please bless them with good health and friends who stick by in times of crisis. Thank you for friends and family who sent notes of support, and for those who called right when I needed to hear an encouraging voice.
Thank you for my mom, sister and husband who all took turns spending the night with me in the hospital, sacrificing their sleep so I could rest easier. Thank you for my precious family, who prayed with me before surgery, showered me with love during my recovery and for the strong bond we share. Thank you for an amazing husband who stood by my side without complaining and encouraged me when I needed it most. Thank you for our incredible children, and their wonderful spouses, who make me proud to be their mom. Thank you for our beautiful grandbaby, who showers us with joy and helps us to look at life in new, exciting ways.
Thank you for sending such a skilled surgeon to operate on me, for his compassion and his expertise. Thank you for the infectious disease doctor who kept me from having allergic reactions to meds and reacted quickly when needed. Thank you for the amazing nurses who went beyond their call of duty to make me comfortable; and for the fabulous nurses in the infusion center who made an unpleasant experience bearable.
Thank you for loving me in spite of my impatience, as my health improves and I try to do more than I should; for lifting my head and my spirits and reminding me of all you’ve done. Thank you for your blessing and protection during my health crisis, and for a life that has meaning, simply because you’re a part of it.
Your grateful daughter,
Jan
11 comments:
Thank you, Lord, for giving us Jan!
Love, Susan
Awe, Susan. How sweet of you!
Thank you for writing this beautiful letter Jan. I will keep you in my prayers. God is faithful. Kathi
I'm thankful you're still with us, that you're my friend and coffee date, and that you remind me to thank God for my many blessings.
Love you, friend! :)
Much love to you, Jan! God is glorified through you.
I have asked the Lord to bless those that have blessed us, too. There is a wave of grace that has washed over both of us in our trials, and we will never be the same. :) The generosity of so many can overwhelm you, can't it. :)
I am so glad that God saved your life, Jan. He still has things for you to do!
And on that list, lets put coffee!
Thanks for letting us evesdrop on your beautiful prayer, Jan.
I'm thankful, too, for sparing your life...for your cheerful spirit during those long and difficult days ... for the fact that we are friends as well as family. We are blessed indeed!
I am inspired by your Letter to God. Quite undoubtedly, He did hear you, He has heard you, He has blessed you, You are highly favoured. I do not know you, but your prayer has inspired me a lot. The words of the $20 babysitting mom - who likewise i have no idea what her name is, or who she is, has with the short sentence and line of action reached my aloof-ed heart with courageous encouragement. I am jiggered by her example. May God bless you, your friends, your family, your grand child, every one who has commented too. And may He keep you in divine health. Amen.
Thanks, Prodigy, for your heartfelt remarks.
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