Everyday, we should take time to think about the blessings we have in our lives. The chance to get up and live another day experiencing things is a blessing in itself. But, how often do we truly give thanks for the blessings we have? Thanksgiving? Or do we even really truly celebrate thanksgiving anymore? Has it just become a day to eat turkey, watch football and the parades? Anyways, that's not my point. My point is, that I have been reminded by the actions of a friend to be thankful for the MANY blessings in my life. I have become consumed with worry and frustration that I fail so see the abundance that is staring at me straight in the face. I become so focused on what I need to do and what needs to be done that I forget to take time to focus on what I do have.
God makes me laugh in the ways that he shows us things. Last night, God used a trunk full of groceries delievered by a friend to say, "Hey, look!" I'm still taking care of you and your friends too!"
I'm grateful to to have friends who are willing to reach out to me in unexpected ways! I need to take time to appreciate the friends I have. God uses them in such wonderful ways and by failing to appreciate the friends I have, I'm failing to appreciate God. Do you appreciate everything God has given you? Do you realize everything God has given you?
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