A Thankful Heart

Being Thanksgiving, I thought I'd share what I am thankful for this year.  I'm thankful for how much God has blessed me with great friends (new and old) and family and many other blessings of things as simple or maybe even cheesy as a place to live or having a job. Also, I know my whole family is thankful for my Granddaddy getting through heart surgery well, even though he's still recovering and we wished he could have enjoyed thanksgiving dinner with us. This and another situation with my friend's family, makes me even more thankful for good health that God gives us and the help of great doctors and advanced medicine.  I could never go into that field for many reasons and really admire those who do.
Also, with so many tragedies that have happened recently, specifically up at JMU, I have learned to be thankful simply for life when life can so quickly end at any moment.

A great verse that I found today is 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which is "...give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."  I certainly can apply this to my life because I should be thankful for every situation I'm in and know that it is all in God's will, like the example I gave and also for other things in my life whether it's the fun times with friends or the stress of staying on track in school.

P.S. Another thing I have to add to what I'm thankful for, on a less serious note (but no actually I am seriously thankful for), is razors..like seriously I had no idea how much I was going to miss using one this month-"no shave november", which my roommate and I both decided to do.