Time to Reflect

Tinku Thompson Personal, Health and Ministry Updates

Dec 28, 2023

Hello Friends and Family,

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Another eventful year is ending, and many are looking forward to a new year with new hopes and expectations. I have heard people look back at 2023 and say they cannot wait to finish it. There is always an expectation when the New Year starts.

The end of a year also allows us to look back and reflect. It also presents us with the opportunity to make adjustments or new decisions. It is also a time to start new things. When I reflect, I can only be thankful for everything. This year, I was able to travel to new countries and twice traveled out of the country. I could take on new responsibilities and experience many things for the first time. As I write this note, I am at the airport, traveling for a ministry assignment.

There is a Hebrew word used in the Bible - Ebenezer. Ebenezer means that thus far, the Lord has helped us. Ebenezer is an expression of gratitude to God. Truly, in all circumstances, including valleys experience, Lord God has been our Ebenezer.

When we look forward, we may feel anxious at times. We can be assured that the Lord God will be Jehovah Jireh, who will provide everything for us. His grace is sufficient for us.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. (2 Cor. 12:9)

So we can depend on the grace of God in all circumstances of our life.

I wish you all a blessed New Year 2024 and pray that God will help you overcome all situations. Let us be thankful for everything.

✍️Quotes of this edition

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. - Peter Marshall

Authentic Christian living has its own order of priority in our lives; God first, others second, self third. - Billy Graham

📔My Health/Personal Update

Thank you for your continued prayers for my complete recovery. I had my two-year full tests, including a bone marrow biopsy. All results came back good, and everything looks good. As I mentioned in the last newsletter, recent lab results showed a few things elevated, and I am on some medications to calm things. Things are progressing in the right direction.

Once again, I want to thank everyone who has not given up but continues to pray for me.