Thankful Thursday

I have had an idea that's been rolling around my brain for a couple of weeks and I decided that today I will put it into action. I need to be more aware of the blessings in my life and the good things that God gives me. I want to regularly remember them, so I decided to make Thankful Thursday. Every Thursday, I will write a blog post about things that I am thankful for. There may be repeats each week, but I will try to be more aware of things during the week that are something I am thankful for. If you want to join me in this endeavor, let me know, and I can create links to those who make Thankful Thursday posts. If nobody else joins me, that's ok too, I'm doing it for my own spiritual health.

So, today, some things I am thankful for:

• having a job where people want to work together as a team and where I feel like a contributing member
• my wonderful husband who helps wash dishes and is just sweet in general
• being part of a home group that cares for and challenges each other
• having enough money to order pizza once in awhile
• being able to have a creative outlet in quilting
• having enough money and time to be able to share both with others
• my family - we all get along most of the time and can talk and do fun activities together
• my friends - you are all unique and bring something special into my life
• that God loves me and wants to have a relationship with me - really, everything else is just icing on the cake!

Thank you Lord for all the good things you have blessed me with. Apart from you, I have no good thing. My heart is glad and my tongue rejoices. (Psalm 16)

I hope you can think of lots of things to be thankful for today too!

xo Nicole