Wow! I can't believe it has been over a year since I have written anything. So much has happened in that time. I got engaged to my best friend. I did a full semester of student teaching at 2 different places. One of those was in Dallas, Texas. I graduated from college. I received a job offering (not very close to home, but not extremely far away either) and decided to take it. My best friend and I got married and a little over a week after that we moved to start our new adventure in a new town and a new state.
As thanksgiving is coming up I have been thinking every day about what I am thankful for (I am also extremely thankful for everything that happened in the above paragraph). I have been posting things I am thankful for each day to Facebook to remind myself and others that we shouldn't just be thankful on one day a year, but all the time. I have been finding that I am thankful for so many little things this month (and other times as well). There doesn't have to be something huge that happens to us to cause us to be thankful. We are blessed by God each and every day and it is up to us to see those blessings and to be thankful for them.
One of the biggest things that I am thankful for at the moment is that I am getting the chance to go back home (we haven't been there since we moved) and be with family. NOT just one side of the family, but BOTH of them. My husband's family is able to travel to my hometown and we will all get to hang out for a couple days. I am beyond blessed, and extremely thankful, to have this happening so that we can see both sides of the family on our short trip.
The greatest thing though that we should be thankful for is the greatest gift that God has offered to each and every single person. The gift of His Son dying on the cross to take away our sins so that if we believe we can live in heaven forever with Him. It is something that is hard to wrap our heads around and to understand this concept, but that is why we hope in Him because He has powers that no one except God Himself truly knows. Take time during this busy holiday season to remind yourself what you are thankful for. If it is another person, let them know that you are thankful for them. No matter what it is (or what the many things are) truly think about it and the blessing that they are to you in your life.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. - Psalm 100:4
Be thankful for everything,
Justina Marie
