A Time of Thanksgiving

It's been a while since I've had time to blog.  Life is so busy right now with work, basketball games, and just life in general with three boys.  Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving and I loved scrolling through my Instagram feed seeing all the food and family gatherings.  Lots of pictures of big families getting together.  Growing up, it was just my mom, my dad, and me.  We moved away from family when I was just a year old.  We are eight hours away from everyone so we were never together at Thanksgiving.  In fact, the only time I was really around family was for a few days at Christmas and a few days each summer.  I looked at those Instagram images and for a moment I was just a little jealous.  I told my husband how awesome I thought it would be to have a huge family over each holiday and he told me someday I probably will.  I sure hope so:-) 

Now, on to my Thanksgiving list.  I have lots to be thankful for this year.  I have a great family, three healthy kids, and all the necessities that many in the world would consider luxuries.  I have a job at a time where many do not.  I have had opportunities in life that many are not afforded.  I grew up in a stable home with parents who parented.  If you had or have that, let me tell you....you are indeed truly blessed.  I have a wonderful church family who has loved me as one of their own since I was 6 years old.  I miss the ones who have gone.  They poured wisdom, concern, and love into my life.  They sowed seeds that were watered and are now beginning to grow.  I was blessed to know them and I'm grateful for the difference they made in me.

I'm so very thankful for a Savior who's mercies are new EVERY morning.  Every. Single. Morning.  Thank you Jesus!  If anyone needs new grace and mercy everyday, it's this girl.  God is far too patient with me.  I fail Him time and again.  But He never gives up on me.  He never stops loving me.  He never stops believing in me.  He never stops working on me.  Philippians 1:6 gives me great hope.  God will complete the work He began in me one late night in September 1987.  I am thankful for this above all else.