"Give Thanks"

This is my most favorite time of the year. It is a time to reflect and think back on the blessings and favor that God has bestowed upon us. I have so much to be thankful for and I would like to take just a moment to thank each and every one of you for the support and encouragement that you have shown me and The Sanctuary. I can’t express how grateful I am when I see you and hear you in the Friday Fellowship and Prayer Meetings and when I hear comments and read the emails from you expressing how The Sanctuary has been a source of encouragement, inspiring you to have a deeper and more meaningful relationship with Christ, challenging you to live better and teaching you to expect more out of this life or to just simply tell me that you are proud of me. My heart is overwhelmed with joy and gratitude. The goal of The Sanctuary is to always be a well that you can draw from to be encouraged, inspired and to feel the agape love of Christ and YOU make this possible.  And for that I want to express from the depths of my soul "THANK YOU"!

Now as we celebrate Thanksgiving, feasting and getting full from turkey and dressing and mama’s famous peach cobbler, let’s take a moment to be grateful for all the blessings and good fortune that we have been granted in this year. Let us also challenge ourselves to be grateful for those who love us and even for those whom do not love us, as they have taught us how to have the character of Christ and to really appreciate the ones who do. Let’s be grateful for the happy times as well as the difficult times as they have made us stronger and wiser. Let us also be grateful for the highs as well as the lows as we have realized that is not the direction we would like to go in again. And let’s challenge ourselves to be grateful for ALL that we have experienced and been challenged with in this life as it has been our greatest teacher and has produced the greatest rewards!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Peace and blessings,

Yolanda

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
1 Thessalonians 5:18