"On the average day, we don't consider God very much. On the average day, we forget that our life is truly vapor. But there is nothing normal about today. Just think about everything that must function properly for you to survive. For example, your kidneys. The only people who really think about their kidneys are people whose kidneys don't work correctly." -Francis Chan

As a college student, I often get caught up and distracted by numerous things. The paper that's due in two days, scheduling time in my day to make it to my student organization meeting, or even finding time to eat a meal becomes a hassle. As thanksgiving approaches, many of us take time aside and reflect on what we're thankful for, things that we forget to appreciate on a daily basis.

So much can go wrong in a day.

So much can honestly go wrong in a day. A lot of times we don't even realize that truth. We go endless days without the slightest thing going wrong, then something minor occurs like our car struggling to start up, and we throw a fit. When in reality, we can wake up and on the way to work get into a car accident. We can run into a financial crisis, causing us to not be able to afford rent this month. We can be diagnosed sickness that will completely change our lives. We could simply just not of woken up. These are all very real possibilities, yet we forget to be grateful on a daily basis.

Thinking back on 19 years of life, with the cards I was dealt it's crazy to believe that I am where I am today. With the circumstances and trials I've been through, I'm in humble amazement that I overcame to be where I am today. When I really sit and wrestle with it, so much could have gone wrong over that time period, but it didn't. The only direction that I can honestly point to give credit to is God.

Why have I been given another day of life and not someone else?

For some stange reason God decide that i should live another day. It seems like often I find myself guilty of caught up in life that I forget why I'm truly here. I get caught up in the worries of the worries of the world and forget about God having my life in his hands. I woke up today alive and well. God has carried me through all my days. I can think of numerous times where I was put in a trial that I believed would completely wreck me, but then I came out. I came out stronger. That trial became another testimony of God's love and faithfulness.

Yet, I'm still facing trials. I need to remind myself that God has done it before and he'll do it again. And these trials, are only building my character. There is everlasting hope trusting in the Lord. This hope is the greatest gift I could ever receive, and I have nothing more to do than to be thankful.

Instead of worrying my life away, I should praise God because every battle is already won. I must live my life to fulfill the plan of the Lord, because if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be in existence. I'm grateful that I have a chance to live my life for the Lord. To love him, and to be loved by him. This itself is above anything I could EVER be grateful for. The Lord is the source of all good things in life, so with every thing I do, I shall do it to the glory of God.