hopeful.
Alright. So I know my past couple of blogs have been pretty bleak-sounding, I’m not gonna lie. But while I was writing those blogs, I found that I was choosing to dwell on the negative, rather than pause to thank God for the many blessings he grants me with every. single. day. I’m not going to say that what I was (and partially still am) dealing with is easy or meaningless…and writing about it did help. But as we approach the holidays, I’m going to try and make it a goal to write at least one thing that I’m thankful for each day. I may not post it every day, but I am going to write it in my prayer journal.
One of the pastors at my church gave a sermon about being thankful. I will say though that is wasn’t your every day shpeel about “think about all the people who don’t have things” or “stop taking things for granted,” because let’s admit it—we’ve heard that speech about 100 times over, right? Instead, he said that even if there’s days where there’s absolutely nothing going right, and you’re just miserable, to just stop what you’re doing. Take a deep breath. And think of the little things that we don’t even bother to acknowledge on a day to day basis. Like having ten fingers and ten toes. Having the ability to walk and talk.
So today, I am thankful for the people that God has placed in my life. He always puts the right people in the right place at the right time, and I’m so blessed to call them my family, “seesters”, brother, nieces, nephew and loved ones.
