First of all I can not believe that I have put this off until the morning of Thanksgiving. The truth of the matter is I did not procrastinate out of laziness, but rather out of emotional overload. When I think back over the last year it feels like 10 years. So much has happened both physically and emotionally in my life that I am most thankful for the hand of God the holds mine through all things. Secondly I am thankful for my husband and how he gives me strength. I have noticed that that strength does not always come easily, but I could not imagine one day of my life without him. Our anniversary is this weekend and I look forward to spending three wonderful days alone with the man I am madly in love with most days, and threaten to replace on some!!!
I am thankful for the strength of my family ( mom, dad, brothers and sisters...etc) and how in the midst of tragic or tragedy we are a family the binds together and when all are doing the part they were designed by God to do in our family, we are a well oiled machine. I am blessed to have them even on the days they are most frustrating.
I am thankful for my beautiful children. They have taught me so many lessons this year. One is that I may not ever have it all together ever again, but I have also never enjoyed life as much as I do now. I may always be somewhat buried under the laundry of 5 children, but I can not even thinks of what a day would look like without one of them here. I thank God for each of them today and the qualities with which He blessed each of them. I have my challenges, but if I am faithful in my commitment to raising them up as God has said them I will prevail.
I am thankful for friends. A few have stood above the rest this year and for that I am truly thankful. I am discovering what a true friend is and learning not to be hurt when I discover I do not have many true friends. But finding myself blessed with the ones I do have.
I am thankful for our schooling. What a privilege and joy it is to have my kids schooled at home. What peace it brings me to know that I am laying a strong, Biblical foundation for them to stand upon in the coming years. How thankful I am to know that their formative years are being shaped by me and my husband and that we can rest in the knowledge that they are better off for it. There are many years ahead for them to be bombarded with the problems and choices of this world we live in and I pray they will stand strong on the foundation of God.
I am thankful for my country, my home and neighborhood, my church, but mostly I am thankful for the forgiveness of my Savior. Because it is through Him and the relationship He offers that I am able to face each day. Psalm 118:24 "This is the day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it."
May each of you have a blessed Thanksgiving!
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