Birthday Blessings

It’s no secret – we all have birthdays every single year, like it or not! Mine is tomorrow – yes, 9/11. I don’t tell you that for any reason other than to praise the Lord for the gift of another year, and rather than grumble about being older, I just have to say how wonderfully blessed I am.

The Lord blessed me with a godly man to share my adult life with – Dale Cunningham. We just celebrated our 29th anniversary this summer. What fun we have together! What joy to share in the ministry God has called him to, and what a blessing to grow old together as a couple.

To have the blessing of being a mom of three sweet daughters was the dream of my heart. One daughter I’ll meet again in heaven, the other two bring me such joy on a regular basis by their love for their God and their desire to please Him. They make me laugh and help keep me young (and they loan me their clothes and jewelry! Nice!).

Serving at Boones Creek Bible Church is another unbelievable blessing. With people who encourage me, pray for me, read my blog and listen to me teach…how could I not thank the Lord for placing me in this ministry? We have the best church in East Tennessee and I love attending every service and activity because God is honored and the people there are real.

I recently starting teaching the 4’s and 5’s Sunday school class, and this is another blessing on this birthday. Children teach me so much about our Savior. They have such faith. They love so unconditionally. I am so grateful to be a part of these little ones lives. I can’t wait ’til the ones that aren’t saved have their first spiritual birthday! We will celebrate together!

You, Friend are also a blessing. Thank you for reading my blog. I am humbled that anyone would want to read what I write. May I point you to my wonderful Savior each day!

Those are seven things I’m thanking the Lord for as I celebrate my birthday tomorrow, but I will finish this list in my journal until there are 52 praises!

Thankful to be a year older,