With Gratitude.

November is the month that we give thanks. Everytime this month hits, I especially have a lot to be thankful for. It was 3 years ago this night that my husband, my very small baby and me sat in a lonely hospital room. I think about how much pain that baby was in, how sad we were. That Thanksgiving I like to call the year that God taught me how to be thankful. There isn't a November that goes by that I don't thank the Lord that he has delivered us from the machines, the pain meds and the uncomfortable hospital cots. That he has given me not one, but three beautiful healthy children. That my family is whole and complete and that we are NOT sitting in a hospital room.

Today I give thanks and bare witness to the fact that the Lord delivered us from despair and pain and he turned our sorrow into joy. There was a time when I never thought I'd utter these words. I give thanks for my great God, and the amazing family he has seen fit to give me.

Nichole Nordeman "Gratitude"

We'll give thanks to You

With gratitude

For lessons learned in how to trust in You

That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream

In abundance or in need

And if You never grant us peace
But Jesus, would You please . . .