Day +886 : Two things that I must thank God for

I am fine today.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we played a game after the potluck dinner to remember what great things that God had done for us in this year. The purpose of the game was to allow each of us to show our gratitude toward God.

Each one of us was requested to write down two things that we think we should thank God for; the first one must be written in 5 Chinese word and the second one 4 Chinese word.

As for myself, I have the following two things to thank God for:

1. 我还活着啊！(I am still alive!)
2. 以马内利 (Emmanuel)

Emmanuel means God with us. To live with God presence is a great blessing!

After everyone had completed the writing, we sang the following hymn together, substituting the 5-word and 4-word thanksgiving phrases in the hym with what everyone had written. So we were singing a thanksgiving song that was composed by everybody :-)

感谢神，赐我救赎主，感谢神，丰富预备，
感谢神，过去的同在，感谢神，主在我旁，
感谢神，赐温暖春天，感谢神，凄凉秋景，
感谢神，抹干我眼泪，感谢神，赐我安宁。

感谢神，祷告蒙应允，感谢神，未蒙垂听，
感谢神，渡过了风暴，感谢神，丰富供应，
感谢神，赐我苦与乐，感谢神，绝望得慰，
感谢神，无比的慈爱，感谢神，无限恩惠。

感谢神，赐路旁玫瑰，感谢神，玫瑰有刺，
感谢神，赐家庭温暖，感谢神，盼望福祉，
感谢神，赐喜乐忧愁，感谢神，属天安宁，
感谢神，赐明天盼望，感谢神，永远不停。

For example:
感谢神，我还活着啊！感谢神，以马内利,
感谢神，我娶了太太，感谢神，家庭和睦,

I like this hymn very much. It reminds us to show our gratitude to God not only during good times but during bad times as well :-) As Einstein said, God does not play dice, whatever difficulties and turmoil that we experience are never beyond the control of God. In other words, there is no accident in God.

We just need to trust Him completely and His blessing shall never leave us :-)

God bless you!

See you next post :-)