I Thank My God For You

June 1, 2016

I Thank My God For You

I thank my God for you every time I think of you;

and every time I pray for you, I pray with joy.

My feeling for you comes from the heart of Christ himself.

Philippians 1: 3-4,8

Today marks the fourth anniversary of my retirement from the pastoral ministry. On June 1, 2012, we moved from Florida to the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Our life in the mountains has had its challenges, but we love our life, our home, our church and our new friends. We are celebrating our retirement anniversary with a trip north to the Cape Cod National Seashore. We will be gone ten days, but I have worked ahead and already posted meditations through June 17.

Cheryl and I are ready for a bit of a break as we’ve had our share of health related issues this year. In February, Cheryl fell and shattered her left elbow. She underwent surgery and the installation of a plate, plus physical therapy, and is almost 100% - “Thank you Jesus!” I continue to recover from my heart attack and surgery in 2013, and last month had a Nuclear Stress Test which revealed my heart is doing very well - - - again, “Thank you Jesus!” Over the last three weeks, Hershey, one of our Springer Spaniels, has suffered from an infection of unknown origin, plus severe orthopedic issues in one of his rear legs. He is now on the road to recovery, and we feel comfortable leaving in him in the kennel when we leave on Friday, and once again “Thank you Jesus!!” Indeed, we are ready for a break.

Writing the daily meditations has been a huge blessing to me. Our loving Heavenly Father has used this time to teach me much, and to keep me on a steady keel as we traveled some troubled waters. I do so appreciate the comments and discussions I have had with many of you. Each time I receive a response, or you like or forward my meditations from Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter, I say a prayer of thanksgiving for you. Based on the stats I receive, between the email list, readers by subscription on Amazon Kindle, those reading on my Blog (http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/), and those reading on  Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter, we have a community on average of 2,000 reading along with us each day - - -  you know it’s coming - - -

“THANK YOU JESUS!!!”

I thank my God for you every time I think of you;

and every time I pray for you, I pray with joy.

My feeling for you comes from the heart of Christ himself.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

• Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

• The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

• Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.