Thankful

Dear God,

Thank You for the fact that I don't have to worry about when my next meal will be.
Thank You for a (more than sufficient) roof over my head.
Thank You for my health.
Thank You for my husband who makes me laugh everyday.
Thank You for my puppies who also make me laugh everyday.
Thank You for my wonderful photography opportunities.
Thank You for great friends and family.
Thank You for a church that I can call home.
Thank You for being able to see, hear, walk, and talk. I take these things for granted everyday.
Thank You for forgiving me when I do You and others wrong.
Thank You for loving me unconditionally.

Thank You for blessing me so much that I can not possibly list everything. You've blessed me much more than I will ever deserve.
Thank You for being such a forgiving, merciful, loving, and wonderful God.

Amen.

Happy Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for?

Enough

Someone said something last month that kinda stuck with me. They asked a pretty difficult question: If you were to lose everything - your friends, your home, your family, EVERYTHING like Job did in the Bible... would God still be enough?? And in my head that's just not one of those questions I can honestly say I answered right away with a "Well, of course!!". It was more like "You mean lose everything??" then "Well I would hope so".

Because really - if just my camera broke right now I would be devastated! So how would I act if I lost everything?

I know of many people who have gone or are going through tragedies in their life. I am blessed that I am not one of them.

But I pray that if I ever have to go through something horrible, that I would turn to Him and He would be enough. Because I know that I could never do it alone.

So now when just something small goes wrong, I have to remind myself that I should be so thankful that my "big" problems are things like the dog peeing on the bed... or that my hair never does what I want... or having "so much to do in so little time"... or when things just don't go the way I expect/want them to.

Words of Casting Crowns

My wonderful husband got us 7th row tickets to a Casting Crowns concert for Christmas. The concert was last night and it was amazing!! I can't wait to see them again. They have always been my favorite group. It seems that for everything you go through there's a Casting Crowns song for it. One of my favorites has always been "Who Am I":

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wandering heart.

Not because of who I am, but because of what You've done.
Not because of what I've done, but because of who You are.

I am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow,
A wave tossed in the ocean, a vapor in the wind.
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling,
And You've told me who I am.
I am Yours.

www.castingcrowns.com

Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so no pictures. :(

Happy Friday!