Since this week is Thanksgiving week, I thought I'd write a post about all the reasons I am thankful. There are so many things to be thankful for--from the breath we take every second to the bed we sleep in at night. Here are a few of the things I am thankful for, and I hope you can relate to them, too!
1. My Savior
2. My mom and dad
3. My grandparents
4. My extended family
5. My friends
6. Chick-Fil-A #WAFFLEFRIES #chickfilasauce
7. Working at the church
8. My job
9. Coffee
10. What God has in store for my future
11. Having a passion for writing
12. Second Chances
13. 700 Second Chances
14. Forgiveness
15. Freedom
16. Coffee
17. French Fries
18. Ice-Cream
19. Lucky Charms and Cinnamon Toast Crunch #blessup
20. Kids
21. My energy
22. Jesus saved a lost, sick sinner like me so I could live a perfect, eternal life with Him one day
23. My mistakes
24. Maturity
25. Lessons-learned
26. Fishing and hunting with my dad
27. Shopping with my mom
28. Little moments spent with those who mean most
29. My health/having the ability to exercise
30. Fresh air
31. A home....and a warm, loving, and welcoming one at that
32. The example my parents set for my future family
33. Being an only child
34. Every morning I wake up
35. Starting my day with Jesus
36. Ending my day with Jesus
37. Living unashamedly for Jesus
38. Coffee
39. All food but mayonnaise #sorrynotsorry
40. Laughter
41. Tears
42. Friends who will hold you accountable
43. Long talks with my grandmother
44. Prayer
45. Hardships, because they have made me realize how blessed I truly am and how great our God is
46. Finally realizing God's plan
47. Small moments that make a big difference
48. Smiling
49. Telling people about Jesus
50. Netflix
51. Having a best friend whom I can always call and within seconds, she knows exactly what to say
52. A praying friend
53. Coffee
54. The ability to speak
55. The ability to walk
56. The ability to hear
57. The ability to see
58. Being raised in a Christian home
59. My "That Moma's" fried chicken
60. Yoga pants
61. Having curly hair
62. Mornings
63. My Bible
64. My love for drawing, painting, and journaling
65. Teachers
66. Mentors
67. Our church's Pastor and Ministers
68. People who volunteer themselves selflessly
69. Firefighters
70. Police Officers
71. Soldiers/Marines/Navy/etc.
72. Candy
73. God's mercy and grace and love and patience and kindness and goodness and faithfulness and gentleness and everything He is that I am not
74. Answered prayers
75. Me being me
As you can tell, I am thankful for LOTS of things, especially coffee. I could have written much, much more; but I think you get the point. Today, I encourage you to think of TEN reasons you are thankful. Hopefully, this will encourage you to think of reasons to be thankful every single day. Even though this is a time of "Thanksgiving," we have countless reasons to give thanks daily. We all have so much to be thankful for. My hope and prayer was that each and every one of you realized how truly blessed you are and never lose sight of that thankfulness.
So have a happy, happy, HAPPY "Turkey Day." Eat that extra helping of potatoes and that extra slice of pie. You'll thank me later (I hope!).
"...give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." -1 Thessalonians 5:18
