Today's thanksgiving will be in remembrance of some things that God has done for Chad and I.
story: Soon after we got engaged Chad and I discussed our honeymoon. We decided that we wanted to be in the mountains and on the beach and if at all possible we wanted it to be 2 weeks long. How we were going to do this was a mystery to me. A week after this conversation a dear friend came up to us and said, "I would like to give you my beach condo for a week." About a week after that another dear friend came up to us and said, "I would like to give you my timeshare - it's good for a week." In the midst of this discussion, a family member said, I would like to give you $1000 towards your honeymoon. All that happened within about two weeks after our initial conversation. That had never happened to me EVER! We went to the beach, the mountains and finished in Washington DC. It was actually a little longer than 2 weeks!
Picture from our honeymoon
2. I am thankful that God supplied a full-time job for me about 8 months after I graduated from IU.
3. I am thankful that God answered our prayers for a healthy first child (I was praying for a girl). Amaya was born in April of 07.
4. I am thankful that God has blessed us with several vacations that we didn't have to pay full-price for.
5. I am thankful that God answered our prayers for a healthy second baby (I prayed for a boy). Makiyah (Mak) was born in January of 09.
6. I am thankful that God answered my prayers for red hair (I honestly don't know where it comes from other than God answered our prayers).
7. I am thankful that God speaks to us and let's us know that He loves us. (When we were praying for Makiyah we wanted a nickname and we asked God to show us one. He showed both of us a picture of a sky...so Makiyah became "baby sky" until he was born.
8. I am thankful that God sustained us through several months of being unemployed except for a couple part-time jobs.
9. I am thankful that God opened the door for a wonderful full-time job that Chad loves while at the same time continuing to some degree his work at the church.
10. I am thankful that God provided for almost $30,000 of medical bills since last November.
I have a loving and compassionate God! Thank you Jesus!
2 comments:
First thing: Love the new blog layout! Second: this is such a good idea. PD's message was really good. I may have to copy your idea and post things I am grateful for too. It's always good to remember the things you are grateful for. I was actually going to blog about my family, so maybe I'll blog about what I'm thankful for regarding my family. God is awesome! I've said it before, but I love that you can look at your children and say physical answers to prayer!
Isn't the layout fun? I actually got it to work right for once. Thanks Samaria and feel free to copy...I definitely feel the need to be more thankful.
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