I have a few friends that have posted a Thanksgiving Challenge of naming something you are thankful for each day, totaling to 30 things in the month of November. I like this idea, but I am horrible about making it a scheduled thing so I decided I would try and do that challenge here right now. I cannot promise that there will be 30....it may be more. I am going to write the things (people) I am thankful for and then describe a little about why.
I am thankful for.....
My Lord and Savior - He saved me!! He gave me life that I didn't deserve and more abundantly!!
The Bible - I can read what God has for me at a particular moment in my life.
Prayer - I can go to God at ANY TIME!
My wife - She has been a sounding board, a CONSTANT ENCOURAGER! She helps balance me.
My parents - They have raised and trained me up to be a good, godly man and husband.
My grandmother - She is my steady rock, letting me know things will be okay.
My sister - She has challenged me in so many ways; she has made me grow.
My in-laws - They have given me love that only a child of their own should get. They have been great role models.
A place to worship - I am blessed to have that freedom; to show my love for God in public.
Ability to read - I want to learn and understand so much more than what I have stored in my mind.
Ability to write - I want to share what's on my mind and get thoughts out, whether people respond or not.
My job - I get to impact others through OUR LORD!
Food - I need to eat!! I have had a great cook all my life and now I have two!
My youth minister friends - They have been a great support in good times and bad.
Our Danville friends - They took me in as one of their own.
My hometown church family - They "grew me up" in the ways of God.
Phone - I can talk (or text) my family and friends and any time.
Our dogs, Olive and Gibbs - They give me so playtime.
Our home - It protects me and my family.
Our car - It gets me from place to place.
Our neighbors - They have welcomed us in so quickly.
Our computer - I can communicate so much more easily and keep up with news.
Our indoor plumbing - I don't have to go out in the cold to answer nature's call
My "man cave" - Gives me a place to study and prepare messages.
Our washer/dryer - We can have clean clothes whenever.
Our dishwasher - I don't have to stand and wash!
Sports - Takes my mind of the stresses of life and puts them on the stresses of "Monday morning quarterbacking."
Yard work (within reason) - Makes it welcoming to visitors.
Roofers and Plumbers - They keep the house from flooding.
Radio - Makes trips fun and love hearing people share their thoughts and ideas.
Smiles - They let me know everything's gonna be alright.
God bless you and Happy Thanksgiving!
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