You would think with 28 hours (24 hours of driving and 4 hours of gas/food/etc breaks) of traveling this past Thanksgiving season, we would have had more than enough time to write out our thankful list. Alas, we did not. But better late than never.
A thought I had several times this past Thanksgiving season: Whom are you thankful to?
For me, the answer is easy: Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
But what if you do not believe in God? Then whom? I mean in saying, "Thank you" there is clearly a someone referenced...so who do you reference? Just my two cents.
As always, this is no particular order.
Here we go: (the ones in blue were stated by Ian - p.s. he was in the middle of something and I started with the "what are you thankful for?")
- God is good.
- and He is faithful.
- My Love (that would be me)
- Jesus
- family
- a big oven
- Emily P. Freeman
- Kakao Emoticons
- Christmas lights
- a good, patient, funny, husband that eats whatever I cook with only compliments
- a vacuum
- spell-check
- M, B, & C - the kiddos I nanny for
- G & K - the amazing parents of the kiddos I nanny for
- books
- computers
- Seminary
- warm blankets
- big closets
- gift cards
- towels from the dryer
- 908 lovely and fabulous days of marriage - and many more to come!
- pretty authentic Korean restaurants in America
- coffee
- coffee creamer
- Tsh
- starting AND finishing cross-stitch projects
- the ability to run
- American grocery stores
- God provided, God is providing, and God will provide
- cereal + milk
- warm (or cold) running water
- being able to own and read the Bible in my language
- Christmas music
- Grandpa + Kathryn
- treasured memories of my grandparents who have already finished the race set before them
- America
- cookbooks
- pizza
- making potato cakes
- sex
- Colorado weather
- running club
- friends (there is a lot here I could say, but I will keep it short - friends.are.vital.)
- hamburgers
- meatloaf
- meatballs
- our car
- being part of the Church
- the freedom to vote
- World Vision
- treadmills
- checking the mailbox to find it is not empty
- ice cream
- paper snowflakes
- grace
- the view out our window
- libraries
- those who have gone before me in high-altitude baking and left a record
- slippers
- smartphones
- GPS
- electricity
- ranch salad dressing
- lazy days
- our Korean adventure
- the Holy Spirit - our seal and guarantee
- being done with the "I am adjusting to the high altitude" phase of running
- candles
- Laura
- going on dates
- Skype
- touchscreens in the back of airplane seats
- the change of seasons
- the hubs making amazing, delicious food
- the space heater
- early birthday presents
- the Word became flesh and dwelt among us
- good health
- places to pass along items that we no longer need (Goodwill/Salvation Army)
- beer
- airplanes - getting us from point A to point B quickly
- jokes
- Therefore now, there is no condemnation for those of you who are in Christ Jesus...
- discount grocery stores
- online sermons
- things that make running more fun, mainly my Garmin and the Zune
- being able to get-up and go whenever we want, where ever we want (cough, we don't have kids yet, cough)
- time to reflect
- cheese
- board games
- staplers
- my memory
- alarms, timers, and watches
- music
- Ian giving me sips of his coffee or bites of his food
- Advent
- knowing and being set free by Truth
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