Gratitude… can be a tricky thing.
Real, genuine gratitude… void of complaints… content.
and I’m currently full of it.
So beyond thankful.
For this last season, for the gift of today, for the anticipation of what’s next.
All of it.
The good, great, hard, harder.
Challenge, peace, turmoil, and unexplainable joy and hope through it all.
I’m grateful that by God’s grace I‘m able to see that each day is part of the good ol’ days while they’re still happening.
I’m thankful for my relationship with Jesus Christ that’s become more experiential than in any other season of my life.
I’m thankful that He’s with me and He knows me. So well. He knows what’s best and what’s next, even when I don’t. He speaks and guides and directs.
I’m thankful that by His grace I’m listening and following.
I’m thankful for my family who supports, pushes, and reigns me in… for a family that fights through the hard and mess and chooses each other.
I’m thankful for those who have swiftly become family.
I’m thankful for an abundance of friends who welcome me back each time I leave and we start right back where we left off.
I’m thankful for the life I’ve had the privilege of living and it’s not lost on me that it’s a privilege.
I’m thankful for open doors and hearts and homes and tables. I know the love of God more deeply because of them.
I’m grateful for some of the hardest months in my life. Because I came out of them knowing the Father’s heart more deeply, looking more like Jesus and walking closer with the Holy Spirit.
I could truly go on and on.
My heart is full.
I have tasted and seen.
I can and will testify to the goodness of God.
For that I’m forever grateful.
Happy Thanksgiving!
