A Magnolia's Heart Beats

Truth - Thankful Thursday

This is one of my favorite days of the week. I love Thankful Thursday, a meme hosted by Iris at Sting My Heart. It's a time to express our gratitude to God and thank Him for the many blessings He has given us. Please be sure to visit her site and read her list and participate.

This week's theme is Truth.

Iris chose this verse to share. I love it. “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ~ John 8:31-32 (ESV ~ emphasis Iris')

The transliterated greek word for truth is aletheia. What a beautiful sounding word! It means

objectively
what is true in any matter under consideration
truly, in truth, according to truth
of a truth, in reality, in fact, certainly
what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth
in the greatest latitude
the true notions of God which are open to human reason without his supernatural intervention
the truth as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man, opposing alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians
subjectively
truth as a personal excellence
that candour of mind which is free from affection, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit
(source: crosswalk.com)

What a wonderful thing to be thankful for! I couldn't pick just part of the definition to share. All of this definition just speaks of the truth! And the Truth.

Christ is our Truth. He said it Himself.

I love doorways. Jesus beckons us to walk through the doorway of Truth and accept Him as our personal Savior and Lord. I praise God that I had strong influence in my life from an early age to love Jesus. I don't ever remember *not* knowing Him. I have always believed in God, but I had to choose to believe in the truth of His love for me and the truth of the way to salvation. Christ. Jesus is the only way.

Oh, the glorious gift of grace! Everything else in this life is just gravy!

Here's some of my gravy for the week....

~ My earthly father's recovery going well from pacemaker surgery. Wonderful visit with him tonight - God is faithful to answer prayers, ya'll - it could have gone so bad.

~ My sister's son - nephews are adorable. This little one was born August 19 and is an absolute angel.

~ My grandson Nolan. He is adorable and loves his Nonnie as much as Nonnie loves him. He's one whole year old now!

~ Steve's father's recovery from knee surgery - not going quite so speedily but he'll get there.

~ A friend's news that she has found God.

~ Oh! Ya'll, an all out miracle! My cousin's wife went to the hospital and discovered she was pregnant and had miscarried. He sent her to her doctor so he could decide whether surgery was necessary. There was a heartbeat, loud and strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise God! I should have listed that one first, huh?

~ Cooler temps. Ike must have sent us some cooler weather. I am so tired of Mississippi humidity and frizzy hair.

~ My Bible. God's Word. I love it. That should have been second.

~ Harriett. She is such a blessing in my life. She's a great friend and my almost-sister. She's very open about the fact that she's adopted, and if I could just make the math compute, I declare Momma's holding a family secret!

~ I'm another year older. 38. I don't mind sharing my age. I celebrated my birthday on the 9th (at the hospital, praying Daddy through surgery)

~ Kelley made me a few more tags for my blog

~ Life. It is a blessing.

I could go on and on..............my husband says it's time to go to bed! He can't believe I'm still up. Gotta be at work early in the morning.

I can't pass this opportunity up, though.

T - Total trust in God

R - Remembering to check the devil's lies against God's Word

U - Understanding His plan of salvation and sharing it with others

T - Taking time to learn more about God's truth for us through daily reading of His Word

H - Having a faithful attitude that God's truth will never fail us