A Heart of Gratefulness in Hardship

My Lord.... Dear Father, 

Thank you. I love you so much. 

Thank you for my pain. 

Thank you for allowing me to feel hurt right now so that I can experience your gift of love even more. 

Thank you for allowing me to feel anything at all. 

Thank you for being completely in control of my life, and being willing to take from me: totally willing to strip anything and everything you need to to draw me closer to you; for loving me that much. 

Thank you for teaching me to appreciate trials as lessons, opportunities, and blessings. 

Thank you for all the things you are going to be able to do with me because I experienced this pain. 

Thank you for my pain for all the reasons I don't know yet. 

Thank you. I am so truly grateful for the many thorns you are allowing to grow along my stem reaching up toward a beautiful rose. 

Thank you, Lord. Thank you. 

I praise you, Lord! I praise you for my pain! I know you give everything for your ultimate glory, so thank you for using your vessel in this way. I praise you for usefulness, and may I glorify you! 

Amen. 

Welcome To the New Blog

My old blog "Liz Raz" has undergone a complete and total makeover. Meet my new blog: Lady Liz. I'm much different than the middle schooler that started a blog years ago. I've grown up, and it was time my blog did too.

I've kept some of the highlight posts from the old blog, mostly recent ones, but this should be very new. I'll be adding a few more accents here and there soon, as I have time, but what you're looking at is essentially it. Please, feel free to give me some feedback; I'd love to hear it.