Things to be thankful for

Sometimes in life it is hard to look outside of the "now" to find things to be thankful for. I know in my life bills, my moms health, my health concerns, my husband working nights and not being able to help me with things get me bogged down sometimes.

Today I decided to take the time to look all of things that I am thankful for instead of looking at all the negative things in life.

I am thankful for:

My family
My husband having a job ( even if I do not like the hours)
Having a roof over our heads
Having enough food to eat and not worrying about being hungry or where the next meal will come from.
My friends offline and online


There will always be problems and mad dashes that must be made each day but I think we need to think about the things we have to be thankful for everyday not just on Thanksgiving. There are so many people in this world that do not have the above to be thankful for. Even though we struggle with money and family issues, my life is blessed by the things I mentioned above. Thank you so much God for the blessings in my life.

"I Just Knew You Were Kin to Him"

I got this in the mail today and just had to share it with you. I do not know the author of this, it came in our church news letter today.

" I Just Knew You were Kin to Him"

There is a wonderful story about a woman in Birmingham who, on a cold winter morning saw a little boy standing outside a bakery. It was snowing and sleeting and the little boy was barefooted and had no coat. He was trying to warm himself with the air coming up from the bakery grating. The woman's heart went out to the boy. She couldn't stand seeing him shivering in the cold. She bought him a nice coat ans some shoes and socks. He thanked her and then asked her a surprising question:

"Lady, are you God's wife?" She was embarrassed by the question at first, but then she replied, "No, I'm not God's wife, but I am one of his children" The little boy grinned and said, " I knew it! I knew it! I just knew you were some kin to him" Can people tell by the way you live that you are one of God's children" That's something to think about, isn't it?