How would you finish this sentence: “I will always be grateful for . . . ”?

We have spent the month of November learning the wisdom of leading a life filled with gratitude for God. As we look ahead to December, is there anything or anyone higher on our list than Jesus?

I will always be grateful to God for loving the world so much that he gave us his only Son.

I will always be grateful that Jesus, though despising the cross, accepted its shame so that God could accept ours.

I will always be grateful for the people who invested their knowledge of Jesus into a young, inexperienced pastor’s wife so that I could grow in wisdom and knowledge and in favor with God.

I will always be grateful for God’s calling in my life to share his word and help others know the love and grace of God through Christ Jesus.

I will always be grateful for God’s word that has carried me with the power of truth through some difficult days.

I will always be grateful to God for blessing my life with more than I would ever have asked for or imagined.

I will always be grateful to God for allowing me to finish my life with the assurance of my eternity in heaven.

Wisdom is offering our gratitude to God. Will you take some time on this last day of November and make your list? You can wisely lay it at the foot of the throne as your sacrificial offering of praise to the One who deserves all praise. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!