I have to tell you the months of November and December were very hard months. I totally failed my thankfulness challenge and to be honest, I was pretty low and struggled to find the energy to express the little gratitude I had in my heart. I kept telling myself [and my mother kept saying to me] try to write something, it will surely help. But my strength was zapped and I just couldn't do it. It wasn't that I couldn't see all that I had to be thankful for, I just couldn't find my voice.
But thankfully the Lord knows my heart! He knew deep in my heart and my soul I was thankful. And His grace covered me and gave me the strength to make it through the last two months of 2011.
So today I would like to finish my challenge with 74 things I am thankful for:
27. A new year
28. A new Mac Book Pro
29. A new job
30. sweet girlfriends I can laugh with and share in the joy of Christ
31. adventures, big and small
32. HOPE
33. Great Expectations
34. The way God works in such mysterious ways in my life
35. My parents
36. Seeing answered prayers in my life
37. A new working schedule that allows me to have a bit of freedom
38. New black pants
39. Riding Boots
40. Getting to study Acts with one of the best Bible teachers and sweetest ladies I know
41. Knowing God is going to show up this year in BIG WAYS
42. Books
43. Getting off at 5PM again
44. Getting my Weekends back
45. Sunday lunch at my grandparents
46. A generous uncle
47. Art
48. New babies
49. Christ is strongest in our weakness
50. Inventions like Skype
51. Random fun
52. Fun memories from 2011
53. Plans to travel more this year
54. Flowers
55. Pedicures
56. New cookbooks
57. Seeing God work in lives around me
{This is hard!}
58. Glimmers of Hope
59. Hot showers
60. Warm Coffee
61. Being a part of a Godly legacy
62. Knowing people are praying for me
63. Friends who push me out of my comfort zone
64. Friends who push me toward Christ
65. Friends who love me even though they know way too much about me
66. God's unconditional love for me
67. Forgiveness
68. Grace
68. Serving a God who still speaks to His children
69. I am counted as a child of God
70. I hear the Lord's voice
71. My new Le Creuset Pan
72. Really good deals on really great things
73. That I have gotten to travel and see so much of the world already
74. I've seen the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, The Dead Sea and The Red Sea
75. A generous Mom
76. Special Breakfasts with my Dad
77. God's constant provisions in my life
78. Fun
79. Laughter
80. Krispy Kreme Donuts
81. Sunshine
82. The way a full moon lights up the earth beneath it
83. The beauty of creation
84. Old friends
85. Cold Beer
86. A passion for food
87. The unique way God knit me together
88. The way God moves me along
89. The way God is always working on my behalf
90. The days we see snow in GA
91. Time spent away
92. Joy found only in Christ
93. Sweet times with the Lord
94. Freedom
95. The wisdom that comes from Christ alone
96. The Holy Spirit
97. Pictures
98. Big beds and soft sheets
99. this challenge is over
100. My all and all Jesus.
