Cheryl Goodnight

「这是耶和华所定的日子，我们在其中要高兴欢喜！」

这是诗篇118篇24节的诗句，也是我每天早上开始努力生活对自己说的。

我已经当了23年的妻子，我们经历过一些坎坷的日子，也经历过美好的日子。 其中许多美好的日子是我们7个孩子出生的时候。 是的，我是7个孩子的母亲，他们的年龄最大的20岁，最小的5岁。我是一名社区活动家，每天努力跟随基督的脚步。

我站在这里全是因为神的慈爱和力量。 所以，我必须要表达我的感恩。因为「凡事谢恩，这是神在基督里向你们所定的旨意。」 （帖撒罗尼迦前书 5:18）

今天我想感谢神的是这三件事：

• 第一，我感谢祂帮助我和丈夫维持了23年的婚姻。 我们最近在2021年经历了分居，神在2022年使我们复合，我们正在努力改进，以避免再次陷入导致我们分居的因素。 我真的要为此感谢神。 对于所有正在经历婚姻问题的人来说，要知道从终极的角度来说，是神与你立约，是祂使你和配偶成为一体。「因此，人要离开父母，与妻子联合，二人成为一体」（创世记 2:24）如果你和你的配偶愿意的话，祂会信守让你们在一起的承诺。 
• 我想要感谢神的第二件事，是我的儿子上大学的学业之旅。 感谢神，他得到了奖学金，使他能够上加州大学戴维斯分校所需的所有费用。 这些年来我们家经历了许多事情，包括极度贫穷。 然而，我的儿子仍然保持着韧性。 他以优异的成绩毕业，并获得了足够的钱来支付他的所有大学费用。 
• 最后，我想提前感谢神帮助我们拥有自己的房子。 我们现在住在一间实在无法居住的公寓里，而且对我们的家庭来说非常小，所以我想提前感谢神帮助我们购买一栋房子。

感谢您听我的见证。让我用希伯来书11章1节来结束，真的：「信心是对盼望的事有把握，对还没看见的事很确定。」（当代译本）

赞美神！

This is the day that the Lord has made.  I will rejoice and be glad in it (adapted from Psalm 118:24).  That’s how I strive to start each day of my life. 

I’m a wife of 23 years and we have had some rocky days as well as good days.  Many of those good days were the birth of our seven children.  I’m a mother of seven children from 20 years old down to five.  I am a community activist and I strive to follow Christ daily. 

I am only standing here by the goodness and power of God.  So, I had to give thanks.  In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) 

The three things I want to thank God for today are:

• Number one,  I thank him for helping my husband and I sustain our marriage of 23 years. We recently went through a separation in 2021 and God reconciled us  in 2022.  We are taking steps to improve and intentionally steering away from the same habits that caused us to separate. I truly want to thank God for that.  For all of you people who are going through marital issues, just know ultimately God has made a covenant with you.  He has made you one.  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24 (KJV). He will keep his promise to keep you together if your and your spouse desire this.  

• The second thing I would like to thank  God for is my son’s scholastic journey to college. I thank God for granting him the scholarships and meeting his financial needs to attend UC Davis.  Our family has gone through a lot throughout the years, including extreme poverty. Yet, my son has remained resilient.  He graduated with honors and obtained the money to cover all of his college expenses.  

• Lastly, I would like to just thank God in advance for helping us to own our own home. We’re in an apartment now that is truly uninhabitable; it’s very small for our family, so I just want to thank God in advance for helping us to buy a home. 

Thank you so much for your time.  Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1).

Praise God!

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