Hive-Reachout Weekly Prompt 46: What Are You Thankful For This Year
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Welcome to the Hive-Reachout Weekly Prompt. My name is Zoepat, and it's always a pleasure to participate.
When I saw this week’s prompt, I paused to reflect deeply on how my year has unfolded. After a moment of meditation, I realized I have three major reasons to be thankful to God:
•Life
•Health
•Family & Friends
While all three are precious, I want to dwell more on life and health.
As a student nurse, I was posted to the Accident and Emergency Unit at Jos University Teaching Hospital. It was a beautiful yet sobering experience. I witnessed many intense moments that made me deeply appreciate the gift of life and divine health.
In this unit, people are rushed in daily, their lives hanging by a thread, relying on the swift intervention of health professionals and the mercies of God. I saw patient relatives weeping, praying, and doing everything they could to ensure their loved ones didn’t slip away in death's cold hands
Sadly, some patients made it. While Some didn’t.
I watched as life slipped out of someone in the blink of an eye, despite best efforts and interventions to save them. Some of these cases were Road Traffic Accidents—victims brought in bruised, broken, and sometimes already gone. While some were life threatening diseases. These moments made me realize afresh that God is truly the keeper of life and the giver of divine health.
So, perhaps today you’re boasting about your strength, your achievements, or your family. Let me gently remind you: death comes unannounced. It shows no favoritism. The strength you glory in today could vanish tomorrow, leaving you helpless in a hospital bed or worse or even dead.
What am I driving at?
I’ve learned to thank God first for life and for divine health. When we give thanks to the Giver of life, we position ourselves to receive even more of His mercy, favor, and grace.
To anyone who believes they’re alive by their own power, please remember: there’s a God in heaven who sustains you. The breath in your lungs is not your doing—it’s a gift He can withdraw at any time.
In a nutshell, there are countless things to be thankful for this year. But for me, I choose to first give thanks for life and health—because without these, there would be no opportunity to be thankful for anything else.
As my scripture teaches:
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His mercy and love endure forever.”
Thanking God for life is so necessary
I wonder how it feels working as a health personnel seeing how lives are going 🥲,I was in a mortuary once I saw tragic things,at times I ask myself " how comes am still alive through all this dangers passing on a daily"... it's just God and that's why my praises never sieze 🙌... thank you dear God most high.
It's actually just God indeed.
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Thank you for sharing this with us @zoepat
My pleasure boss
People die before your eyes, some with one health challenge or the other it worth thanking him for all you have mentioned here.
Yeah... To God alone be praised
Is very important to thank 🙏 God for our lives everyday nice write up 👍♥️
Glory to God
What an interesting lessons learned form your experience, nice one dear
It's a privilege, I'm glad you were blessed
Thank God for health, day in day out. Omo only a visit to any hospital will convince you that your health is a big reason to say thank you Jesus. Thanks for sharing.
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Truly health is wealth
What an interesting post you did here at Zoepat my dear sister, well I see that you really know and understand the power of God in giving us all the humanity lives in good condition of health, well that's to let us know that no matter what we do always but God first and do always thank God cause you must have a reason to appreciate God and that I see you did here, do stay safe and enjoy yourself in God's way my dear friend your post means alot to us here and out there.
Thank you sir
Am sure the health sector is the sphere I trust myself that I can never work there, I respect you guys the very day I saw someone the brought to the hospital from an accidental scene. Oh my God!!!!
In every situation let's learn how to be thankful to Life.