Thank You 4

<p>A wonderful Thursday to you in the name of Jesus. Today is Thursday the 31st of December, 2020, the very last day of this year.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We are grateful to God for giving us life, for giving us peace, for giving us joy, for His grace and showing us His mercy, and we are thankful to you too. To our friends, our loved ones and everyone out there that make up this whole world together. Sometimes we understand ourselves, sometimes we have misunderstandings, sometimes we fight sometimes we hug. That's what living together is all about. We thank you all for everything.</p> <p><br></p> <p>As I've said most of this week, let us take time to show appreciation and thanksgiving to the people who have been there for us.</p> <p><br></p> <p>1 Corinthians 16:18 in the (AMP)</p> <p>18 For they gave me respite from labor and rested me and refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Deeply appreciate and thoroughly know and fully recognize such men.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Romans 16:3-4 (NLT)&nbsp;</p> <p>3 Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in the ministry of Christ Jesus. 4 In fact, they once risked their lives for me. I am thankful to them, and so are all the Gentile churches.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Paul said this concerning Aquila and Priscilla, he didn't say I'm thankful to God for them, which is not wrong. He said, I am thankful to them. It's important we learn and practice appreciating people.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>I don't know how it is not other parts of the world but here in Nigeria, when people die, one of the events put together for the dead is called “Celebration of Life”. As commendable as this is, I don't think we need to wait for people to die before we celebrate them, we can celebrate their life while they are alive. Let's not lose this time and opportunity to appreciate people.&nbsp;</p> <p>I am rich and blessed because of the relationships that God has put around me. In the Yoruba language they say “Eniyan ni aso mi” that is people are my covering or people cover, shield and love me.