Sorry dear blog, it seems that Facebook is just all I have the time for lately! Life with two kids doesn't leave much time for writing! But, I had a thought for a post, so regardless of how late it is (and it IS late!) I am going to do this thing!
For the whole month of November I made an effort to post a status every day on Facebook of something I am thankful for. It was easy, being as blessed as I am, to come up with different things I am grateful for. But as Thanksgiving approached, I couldn't help but notice that everything I had mentioned being thankful for was something I considered a blessing. Positive things. Wonderful things. Happy things. And all those things are worth thanking God for, absolutely. But I got to thinking, those are not the only things I am thankful for.
The things in my life that have brought me the closest to God, taught me the most, matured me the most, changed me the most, have been difficult things. Challenging things. Things I didn't necessarily enjoy. And in the end, if I am honest with myself, I know I am most thankful for those things. I am thankful that God thinks enough of me to take my hand and walk me through these times in my life, the good, the bad AND the ugly, and see that I come out on the other side, better for having pressed on with Him. I couldn't be more thankful for that.
