Wall of Praise

Thank you for being there for me

2008-04-16T14:13:00.003-04:00

Lord Jesus,
You asked at Gesthemany if we wouldn't spend at least one hour with you in what would be your last peaceful hour on Earth. Here I haven't spent even a moment in two years! I'm so sorry. I know you have been with me, especially during my darkest hours.

Heavenly Father,
The incredible miracles you work in my life every day go unpraised and unthanked. I'm so sorry. See how I fail you even as you are ever faithful to me. I had prostate cancer and you brought me safely through surgery and the complete removal of the cancer from my body and the healing of my self afterward. I thanked you personally, but I didn't declare your greatness to the world as I should have. So I do it here and now. It's been nearly a year and a half, and no sign of the cancer again. Praise God. Thank you Heavenly Father for awakening me to its presence, to alerting my doctors to it early so that it might be excised and eliminated in its entirety from me. Thank you for saving me. Thank you for your care, your love, your healing power.

Thank you Father and Lord Jesus for loving me and caring for me despite my lack of response to you. I know you love me and I know that you know that I love you. Thank you for all that you are.

Thank you for inspiring James Pepper

2006-04-09T14:06:00.000-04:00

Dear God:
Thank you. Thank you for inspiring James Pepper. You have given him a special gift but also a special responsibility in hand lettering and illustrating the King James Bible. I was recently amazed at the work done on the Saint John's Bible -- I still am. Working with calligraphers and illustrators, and using today's technology to plan their work, they have amassed an incredible multi-volume work of art to bring new life and vision to your word. James Pepper has worked 18 years to do the same thing on his own, The Pepper Bible. It's a stunning achievement. Thank you for giving him that special gift and bringing it to the world. Thank you for sending him to my Booksville blog, letting him see my article on the Saint John's Bible, and having him comment on it so that I might know of his work, too.

Thank you, God, for working through your faithful to make our world a better place. That's why you put us here, Lord.

I love you!
Alan

Thank you for the gift of sharing

2006-04-02T14:56:00.000-04:00

Our Lord in Heaven:
Thank you for the gift of sharing this week. Especially thank you for making it possible for my wife Kate and me to aid our nephew Randy and his wife Erin with a little bit of money. They needed it and you provided it by giving us the extra. I also thank you for having us hold off of spending the money earlier, before we knew that Randy and Erin needed it.

I'm sorry I haven't made an entry on the Wall of Praise lately. I have certainly had plenty of opportunity. The times it rained for so long but there was only the slightest trickle in the basement. Or when we needed extra cash to pay bills and you provided a way to pay them. There was also that day I felt so warm and happy inside -- for no apparent reason. It's been a while since I've felt like that, and I know it was your love filling me with joy. Oh, and we made it through winter to the first days of spring -- with birds singing and the grass growing green. Praise you, God, for spring!

Thank you, Lord. Thank you for all the wonderful things you have done for me and my family. Thank you for the gifts you've given, so often without my asking. You know when I need something and you are always so generous. Thank again, Lord.

I ask and pray always in the name of Jesus Christ my Lord, in whose name I also offer you praise and thanksgiving, Father, in union with him and the Holy Spirit, one God Almighty forever and ever.

Amen!

Thank you for protecting us in rough weather

2006-03-14T19:50:00.000-05:00

Our Heavenly Father...

Last night...
...the wind howeled, but it didn't knock down our trees -- thank you!
...the rain fell in torrents, but it didn't flood our basement -- thank you!
...the lightening danced around us, but it didn't hit our house -- thank you!

Thank you, Lord, for protecting us while giving nature the rains it needs.

As always, in Jesus name I pray.

Amen!

My joy and my earthly life

2006-03-12T12:04:00.000-05:00

Thank you Heavenly Father for our blue skies and warmth by day this weekend. And thank you for the rain at night, as we lay tucked dry and cozy in our beds. I pray that one day everyone can enjoy such happiness as you have given me this day.

Thank you also, my Lord, for my family. My loving wife Kate and my devoted daughter Hilary. Your gifts to me, they are my joy and earthly life. They are also a sign to me of your love and generosity, which know no bounds.

Glory to God in the Highest!