This past year has created a very thankful heart in me.
Everything is worthy to be thankful for.
Especially the small things in life that we take the granted
After Living with barely anything for nearly a year, minimal comforts and conditions you could never imagine, it changes a person.
You appreciate whatever the Lord gives you each day because not everyone has those same opportunities and luxuries, in the end you become truly thankful..
So I started a list. A list of the many things I am thankful for and some I didn’t even know I needed to be thankful for, but I am.
I am thankful for..
America, it really is the land of the free.
Friends, there are many whom are lost and lonely.
Community
Redemption
Reconciliation
Forgiveness
Times I need to pick leaves off a tree because there is no toilet paper.
The wind
I am thankful I can talk to my friends about Jesus
I am thankful that I don’t need to be perfect, God already lived that life.
All the family’s I have lived with over the past year and how they have greatly touched me
A voice that is worthy of being heard
A Bible in English, so many do not have access to bibles they can read
Laughter AND tears, both of these expressions mean things do matter
Music that my ears can hear
Guitars
I am thankful that God is in control
Summer Nights
BBQs
I am what he says I am
Passion
Truth
Family
I am thankful that I am apart of the family of God
God’s visions
My love for horses
My love for photography
I am thankful that I have purpose
Ice cream
That I have blue eyes
Bike Rides
Running
Beautiful smelling flowers
A home in Jesus
Traveling
God’s grace
Snow
Cookie dough
Air in my lungs
A couch to sit on
Children of the world that I have got to embrace in my arms
Concerts
Roller coasters
Great coffee
Pick up trucks
A good God who is for me
Washing machines
Hammocks
Language barriers
Stars
Shoes
Tennis
Grocery Stores
Cheesecake (God’s gift to the world)
New life in the name of Jesus
Silliness
Waves and the salt in the sea
Sleep
Country music
Showers
Trash cans
College
Roach free homes
Air conditioning
Carpet
Fruit and vegetables
Electricity
Water
(Not Electricity and water together)
Computers
Cleanliness
Advice
Perseverance
Fluffy towels
Pets
Books
And finally the biggest thing I am thankful for is…dun dun dun
God’s love for me. I am still learning exactly what that means in my life and how much He really does love me no matter if I’m messy, fabulous or don’t know what the heck I am doing. But I am His, and His love, is amazing. It’s unconditional, patient, kind, and gentle.
Be joyful always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
