Counting My Blessings - A Year of Thanks.

I have a had a thought in my head for the past couple of days. I have really been humbled by several things lately. Different situations that I have been exposed to that have really made me stop and think about just how blessed I am in life. I have also been praying and talking with God about somethings I feel He may be starting to work or reveal in my life or really in our life....but I am not ready to share these things yet. Still praying and waiting for God to confirm within both Chris and I that this is what he wants for us to do. So until then....we will wait and trust Him to lead us.

So back to my main thought of being humbled by what I have in my life. We sang an old hymn at church on Sunday where it says "count your many blessing, name them one by one....then you will see all that God has done".  I know I have so many things to be thankful for but sometimes I don't think that I really stop and realize what they are so what I want to do is a Year of Thanks on my blog. I want to list out all of the things I am thankful for between now and next Thanksgiving 2012. I am hoping in by doing so I will truly have a Thankful heart in any situation that may come, good or bad.

Today on Thanksgiving I am going to kick this off.

Blessing 1:

I am thankful for my family, not just Chris, Katie and Bree but for my parents, brother, sister in law and nephew. This is the first Thanksgiving that we have spent with my family in three years. We have been too far away in the past to make it, but this year I am thankful to be here. Spend time with them and just appreciate the time we have with each other. There is an empty space for us all now, where Brad is not with us, but we know that in spirit he was with us today. As we sit to eat and I have dressing on my plate, I smile and think of how much he loved mom's dressing and would always have two or three or four pieces of it. Thankful for memories like that one to help us keep him with us.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and were able to spend time with your loved ones!.

"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18