31 Days of Thankfulness: Love

Today I chose a song that is about something that I am thankful for rather than a song specifically about thankfulness. I have two reasons for doing this. First, there's only so many songs out there about thankfulness, and, secondly, the emphasis of these posts isn't really about thankfulness itself, but more about what I'm thankful for.

I am thankful for...
94. A God who loves me no matter what I do.
95. Beautiful fall weather
96. Knowing that I have so many things to be thankful for
97. A lazy weekend of laying around and relaxing
98. Chocolate Caramel Mocha

31 Days of Thankfulness: Blessings

Another song for you all. The first time I heard this song I was on my way to work, listening to the local Christian Radio station. When I got home, I looked up the lyrics, then promptly forgot about the song. The next Sunday, someone sang this song at church, bringing it back to my mind. I once again looked up the lyrics, but this I time I really looked at them and read them and thought about what they meant. I encourage you t do the same. Although this song isn't directly about thankfulness, it kind of echoes what I've said about being thankful for the trials in our lives.

I'm thankful for...

87. Knowing that Black Friday is only 6 weeks from today!

88. Finding pictures of my great-grandma's 90th birthday party that i thought had been deleted

89. Two of my friends getting married today (Congrats Jon & Bethany!)

90. Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches (yum!)

91., 92., & 93. Coffee, chocolate, and a good book

31 Days of Thankfulness: Thankfulness

I thank God for this day,

For the sun in the sky,

For my mom and my dad,

For my piece of apple pie!

For our home on the ground,

For His love that's all around,

That's why I say thanks every day!

Because a thankful heart is a happy heart!

I'm glad for what I have,

That's an easy way to start!

For the love that He shares,

'Cause He listens to my prayers,

That's why I say thanks every day!

-Thankfulness Song by Veggie Tales

I'm going to post a song about thankfulness every day this week for my 31 Days of Thankfulness series. I will try my best to include a YouTube clip of the song so that you all can hear it, but, unfortunately, I couldn't find a decent video of this song so I just posted the lyrics.

I'm thankful for...

82. Freedom to worship God
83. Praying with my supervisor every day at the beginning of the shift
84. Making plans with my mom for a girls night
85. Finding out what one of my Christmas presents is (no, I didn't peak! I'm just really good at guessing)
86. Knowing that Christmas is only 2 1/2 months away!

31 Days of Thankfulness: Praise You In This Storm

This song is one of my favorites by Casting Crowns, and it fits in so well with the topic of thankfulness. A part of praise is thankfulness, because, after all, things we're thankful for are things that we should be praising God for. As I've mentioned before, we should be thankful even for the trials and storms in our lives, as oftentimes those are the periods in our lives that bring the most blessings and make us even more thankful for what we have.

I'm thankful for...

77. Time spent with friends.

78. Eating some delicious pulled pork, one of my favorite meals which I haven't had since my last visit to NC

79. The Bible training that I was given in college. Though I may not agree with everything I was taught, I am still thankful for the training I received.

80. Being able to watch the Buckeye's game without having to go over to someone's house

81. The Buckeyes winning a Big Ten game for the first time this season!

31 Days of Thankfulness: Unexpected Blessings

"Give thanks for unexpected blessings already on their way." -Native American Saying


Evidently I need to pay a little more attention next time I schedule posts. You see, somehow I scheduled this post for next month, instead of this past Thursday. Same things happened with the posts that were supposed to go up on Friday and Saturday. So, in order to keep from flooding you with four posts in one day, I'm going to put up two posts today (this post & today's post) and just rearrange the rest of the posts to schedule at a later time.

I am thankful for...

72. Getting cable installed so I can watch football and basketball games
73. Getting a big fat paycheck from work overtime last week
74. Being able to leave work early-for-me (same time as everyone else) twice in one week
75. Fulfilled prophecies that show Jesus is truly the Messiah
76. Notes from a friend that make me smile

31 Days of Thankfulness: More Than I Deserve

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I am thankful for...

 67. Forgiveness
68. Payday coming exactly when I need it
69. A God who loves me.
70. A supervisor who encourages me in my walk with the Lord.
71. Breakfast with friends

31 Days of Thankfulness: Richly Blessed

I asked God for strength, that I may achieve,

I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey…

I asked for health, that I might do greater things,

I was given infirmary, that I might do happier things…

I asked for riches, that I might be happy,

I was given poverty, that I might be wise…

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men,

I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God…

I asked for all things that I may enjoy life,

I was given life, that I may enjoy all things…

I got nothing that I asked for- but everything I had hoped for;

Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.

I am among the most richly blessed.

- An Unknown Confederate Solider

This poem isn't necessarily about thankfulness in that the words thankful and grateful aren't mentioned in it, but this poem reminds of something very important. It reminds us that we are richly blessed, and that is something to be thankful for. It also reminds us that although we may not get everything we ask God for, He gives us what He knows we need, and for that we should be grateful.

I am thankful for...

67. Being able to work with other believers

68. Finding out today that one of our new supervisors is a Christian.

69. Seeing the excitement and zeal of a friend for Christ.

70. The encouragement of knowing that unbelievers see something different about me & want to know what it is.

71. Seeing direct answers to specific prayers.