Lighthouse Thanksgiving

We had a great thanksgiving filled with family and fun. It's so refreshing to be around people you love and care about.

What am I truly thankful for?

So how often do I really truly think and say what I am thankful for? Not often enough

There are so many things that I am thankful here on this earth.. I am so thankful that the lord has blessed me with godly parents. That they love me even through my awful angry girl years, which to me is true love. They have provided for me immensely and have loved me through it all. I am thankful for my dads hard work ethic that has set a great example for me to work hard for the lord. I am thankful for his sweet demeanor and his love for his 3 girls. I will always be your baby girl. I am thankful for my sweet mama. I am thankful that she loves my picture texts of all the food I make. I am thankful for her crazy spirit and her willingness to sacrifice for her girls any day. Mostly, I am thankful for the way she loves others. The way she cares for her sister has really shown me how to love others before yourself.

I am thankful for my two sweet sisters. My sisters, best friends and sisters in Christ. I love the way we laugh all the time when we are all together. The way we get each others stupid jokes. The way we get so excited on christmas day still, and just clap all the time. I am most thankful that the lord blessed me with two christain sisters. You two have been such a wonderful example for your baby sister. The way you love Jesus and serve him has been a blessing for me to watch. I look up to both of you more than you will ever know. I always want to be just like both of you. I love you both Amanda and missy my sweet sister friends.

My sweet husband, I am so thankful for you. I am so thankful that I was blessed with a man that loves the lord more than he loves me. I am thankful that the lord brought us together in RUF. I love the way you care so much about other people, Your passion for the ministry, your laugh, your love to cook. I am thankful we are in charlotte, pursuing our dreams. I love that both of our visions and dreams have come together to be our dreams. I love your crazy family. There love for me and you has been such a blessing. 

The list goes on, I am thankful for wonderful friends, for a job, for a home, for electricity, and.of course my sweet dog Bella. I am thankful that my hope lies in the lord and what he has done and not what I have done. Because really life is just not fun sometimes and it's not easy to remember that the lord is soveriegn.  

Ultimately I should be thankful that Jesus Christ died and went to the cross so that I am made righteous in his site.  I must remind myself of this truth everyday. I am thankful that this world is not my true home, that I can put my hope in a world far better than this. For a place where my heart will be filled with pure joy,where my tears will be no more, suffering will not exist and I will be walkingwith my savior. I have been really thinking about what it will be like to be with my father in heaven, I really cannot even fathom it. I cannot fathom that I will not worry anymore, I won't cry anymore and I will just worship my savior and my soul will be satisfied. What a day that will be when I see my savior face to face! But for now, I am called to be here, to love people here and to grow to be more like Jesus here and I am thankful for that.