A Time toTestify

 When asked if he believes in God, Carl Gustav Jung said:

"I do not believe . . . I know." 

Carl Gustav Jung, 1875-1961

 

Do you know? Do you know God is real? Do you know He is in control of your life and everything that happens? It's an important question. Following is the Thanksgiving post I posted in Nvember 2014.

 

A Time for Testimony was the sermon title of my pastor's Sunday message. We're in the book of Revelation, and he was teaching from chapters 10 and 11 about three witnesses: the mighty angel; the two witnesses, and the 24 elders (who represent the saints of all the ages).

The title caught my eye. A Time for Testimony is very accurate for the week of Thanksgiving and the coming Christmas season. Accepting God's control of your life enables you to be thankful in all things.

Sharing your testimony during these two seasons of THANKFULNESS and HOPE may not always be easy or accepted well by the hearers, but it provides a seed that can grow and touch the hearts of others. In Matthew 28 we're told to bear witness for our Lord. So whether it's easy or hard, our joy should be so complete that we must tell others about our Lord and God.

So when you gather together and ask the Lord's blessing with your family and friends, I trust your heart will be full and your words will be a testimony of all He's done for you! And in the upcoming days, your heart will shout of His goodness. I hope you know!

On Facebook I saw this display of colors. Don't know who created it, but loved seeing the cycle of color from beginning to end on these leaves,

One of my most cherished blessings I will be thanking God for this Thanksgiving are my friends. In John C. Maxwell's  book: The Treasure of a Friend, these words are shared:

"Warm as a crackling fire, Sweet as hot chocolate, Comforting as a child's embrace. Few things are more precious, Few more cherished, than the value of a genuine friend."

 

 "There are deep sorrows and killing cares in life, but the encouragement and love of friends were given us to make all difficulties bearable." 

 John Oliver Hobbes

I think of the stirring song Testify! Come on friends. Our God is awesome! Let's tell the world this Thanksgiving week and everyday that WE KNOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeQ7Tj40aU   Testify, by The Talleys