40Days Of Gratitude with Bev Allen - Day 6: Family

Mama & Papa (Lydia + Altimont
all decked out for Purcel's graduation
1st family  member graduate university
and the first  to become a doctor

Welcome to 40Days Of Gratitude day 6!  Thank you for joining me on this adventure. I am looking forward to reading your comments and sharing your stories:  Revelations, problems solved, ideas conceived and birthed etc.

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At the end of the devotion I invite you to do a short quiet reflection of 5 - 10 minutes. Breath deeply and focus on your breath - inhalation and exhalation.  If your mind is "busy" repeat the gratitude of the day or your own personal gratitude that comes to mind.  This quite time will allow you to hear from God.

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TODAY'S DEVOTION:

Today I am grateful and thankful for family.  Our foundation is rooted in our families.  My family gives me a sense of my place in the world, a standing in community and I am thankful and do appreciate so much that the foundation was laid for me to build on.  I realize many are not as fortunate in this sense, in that they have experience instability which makes more challenging to establish themselves and create family foundation for themselves.  I am thankful for and appreciate every member of my family and the role they played in moulding me into the person I have become.  From parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, my siblings down to my spouse (ex) and my own children.  It is in my family that I learned to be a caring, loving person.  I learned unconditional love from my parents.

THOUGHT TO FOCUS ON:

My family is my foundation that God gave me to learn and grow, and make my contribution to society.

SCRIPTURE:

Psalms 133: v1-Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. v2-It is like precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garment; v3-As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever more.

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of family. Thank you for their love and support and for the lessons they are here to teach us.Thank you for having rooted and grounded me in unconditional love and a deep sense of belonging which has given me the stability I needed to develop into the person you designed me to be. Father, I pray for restoration in all families where there is brokenness and discord.  I pray for their salvation, that they will come to know you and follow your precepts for joy in their earthly journey and eternal life.

In Jesus name I pray.  AMEN.

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Walk in confidence my brothers and sisters, knowing that no greater friend you have than Jesus and he manifests himself in your day to day life through your friends.

Beverley