Linked Together: The Thankful Thursday Edition

For the Small Things
Erik Raymond reminds us to “consider the little things,” like David did when he wrote Psalm 3:

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me (Psalm 3:5).

When We Suffer
Mark Altrogge: 

One of the most important things we must do when we suffer is to give thanks.  I don’t say this lightly and I know many believers who have endured unimaginable pain and tragedy.  Giving thanks in the midst of agony and affliction is certainly not easy to do. 

To help us out, he’s listed 12 things we can give thanks for when we suffer.

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Here are a few things I’m thankful for this week:

• Health. I haven’t been sick (yet) this winter. Everyone around me has been sick, and some have been really sick, but I haven’t.
• Safety—safety as I drive, safety as I walk (It’s very icy out there!). For safety for my whole family this week. 
• Two ladies in my church who have taken on a really difficult job this week—one I don’t think I could do—out of Christian love. 
• My oldest son, who just had a birthday.
• That God has sustained me through the past 11 years.
• That God is in control of everything, including my life.