The Start of my Thankfulness

So I know I haven't posted in a really long time. So I would like to change that.

On November 1^st I noticed several of my friends posting thankful post day 1. Then the next day I saw day 2 post. Then I realized they must be posting what they are thankful for every day this month. Initially I thought I was too late to jump on board… but then I realized that it is never too late to start being thankful. So I am going to share my post for the past 8 days of all that I am thankful for and I will continue to do so… hopefully even past November. J

So here they are straight off of Facebook.

November 1, 2012: I actually posted this before I knew about the thankful post; and I think it was a good way to start the month. “When I think about the Lord, how he saved me, how he raised me, how he filled me with the holy ghost, how he healed me to the uttermost. When I think about the lord, how he picked me up, turned me around, and he placed my feet on solid ground. It makes me want to shout, hallelujah, thank you Jesus. Lord you're worthy of all the glory, all the honor and all my praise!"

November 2, 2012: “I would like to jump on the thankful bandwagon as well this month. I am a day behind but I will be thankful for two things today. I think it is good for us to take time to think about what we are thankful for.
Day 1: I am thankful for life. I am glad that my parents chose life for me and that I have the chance to LIVE every day!
Day 2: I am thankful for the JOY in my heart. I feel in this past month God has restored my JOY. I have always been a happy person... but joy is totally different and my heart has been so full of Joy lately and it is soo good to be back there!!”

November 3, 2012: Day 3: “I am thankful that I have never been alone. My heavenly father has always been there for me and I have been in many "battles" but never alone!! :)”

 

November 4, 2012: Day 4: “Today I am thankful for LOVE. I am thankful for all the people who have loved me not matter what. I am thankful to the people who taught me how to love and for God teaching me how to let people love me.”

November 5, 2012: “Day 5: I am thankful for Employment. I thankful for the job that God's has given that gives me a paycheck and allows me to enjoy the rest of my life. I am thankful that I am happy at my job and have very little stress associated with it. I can't really ask for much more than that right now.”

 

November 7, 2012: “So I missed my thankful post yesterday so i will do two today!
Day 6: I am thankful that no matter how busy I am and don't always make time for God.... that he is never too busy for me and always makes time for me.
Day 7: I am thankful for friends. God has always blessed me with GOOD friends. These friends have always helped me to be a better version of myself. They discouraged me from bad choices and encouraged me to be who God created me to be!! Thank you at all of those good friends!”

 

November 8, 2012: Day 8: “Today I am thankful for My Husband Byron Ewald. My 5th grade Sunday school teacher told me that it is never too early to start praying for what you want in a spouse… so I did and never stopped. My plan was to be married at 22 with my first kid by 25. I met Byron when I was 25. I think God has a sense of humor and I am constantly reminded that my plans are not always God’s Plans. times I thought I might never get married. That no one would ever be able to "handle" me. But that never stopped me from Praying and waiting. Some people would tell me that I was too picky and that I might never get married. But my basic criteria was a “good, Christian, gentleman” and I knew I couldn’t lower or change those standards. Well I found him and he was worth waiting for. We may not be perfect and neither is our marriage but I believe that we are better together than we were separately. He makes me be and want to be a better person and I hope I do the same for him. I am so blessed and thankful that God chose him to be my husband. I couldn’t be more blessed than to be called his wife. I thank God that his plans are not my plans… because if I was married at 22 it would not have been to Byron Ewald and that would have been a big loss on my part. We have been together 3 ½ years now and I look forward to all the years to come! I love you boo!

There were times I thought I might never get married. That no one would ever be able to "handle" me. But that never stopped me from Praying and waiting. Some people would tell me that I was too picky and that I might never get married. But my basic criteria was a “good, Christian, gentleman” and I knew I couldn’t lower or change those standards. Well I found him and he was worth waiting for. We may not be perfect and neither is our marriage but I believe that we are better together than we were separately. He makes me be and want to be a better person and I hope I do the same for him. I am so blessed and thankful that God chose him to be my husband. I couldn’t be more blessed than to be called his wife. I thank God that his plans are not my plans… because if I was married at 22 it would not have been to Byron Ewald and that would have been a big loss on my part. We have been together 3 ½ years now and I look forward to all the years to come! I love you boo!”