Counting My Blessings // 10 Things I am Thankful For

 ~I am thankful for the passing of time, that I am no longer in the same place I was two or even one year ago. Two years ago I was still new to working full time, and it exhausted me. One year ago I was recovering from a certain situation. Now as I look back I see so much growth, healing, and a forty hour work week that is no longer too much.

~I am thankful that I am eternally secure. I cannot lose my salvation. No matter what I do, Jesus will hold onto me as His child. Even when I feel distant from Him, even when I sin, even when I continue to struggle with the same sins over and over again, He will hold me fast. What a blessing!

~I am thankful for family.  I never wanted to move back home after graduating from college. But I am thankful for my parents and how they love me. In college I so wanted to spend Thanksgiving with my family, but I was too far away. Now I try to treasure every holiday with them, for I do not know what the future holds.

~I am thankful for reconnecting with old friends. 

~I am thankful for new friends.

~I am thankful for friends who have always been my friends, or so it seems. My sister, my old college roommate who I text prayer requests to and who might as well be my sister, my dear friend who meets me at Barnes and Noble, my smart and sweet and dear friend at Dartmouth. 

~I am thankful to have a job and work with people I love dearly.  I also never wanted to work in a factory. It feels like the complete opposite direction that I wanted and what I thought God wanted for me. But this is where He has me, and I am thankful to be working and to have a steady paycheck. And I am thankful for the people there. My good friend from church, my second mother, my sweet Filipino friends my age who I love, the lady who walked to the break room with me when I almost fainted, the woman in shipping who loves to say my name that I share with her daughter, and my boss who has always been generous.

~I am thankful for almost paying off my student loans!

~I am thankful for good books. Life changes and life is hard, but there is always a new and fabulous book to read. I am currently loving "The Soul Winner" by Spurgeon and "The Fruit of the Drunken Tree" by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. 

~I am thankful for the forgiveness of Jesus. It is disheartening for years to go by and I continue to struggle with some of the same sins. But Jesus paid for those sins on the cross with His life. So though I struggle, though I work to get better, though I fight, my battle has already been won by Jesus.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? I would love to know and praise God together!