No. 15

When the Lord lifts your burden!

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon me and learn from me, for I am gentle and huble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light"
Matthew 11:28-30

No. 14

A Long Weekend Away... at the beach!

Rest, sun, sand, the water, fresh fish, laughs... with three of the sweetest friends a girl could ask for! It was hard to come back... but I'm trying to be thankful anyhow.

No. 13

Summer isn't over... and the beach is calling my name!

As I was sitting outside this morning I could see the leaves are beginning to fall and there is just the fainest hint of fall in the air. It is September second... but I am not ready for fall just yet! I know most people are ready to start wearing jeans and sweaters but I am thankful to have my bags packed for the beach, with little sundresses and swimsuits tucked neatly inside. I'm just not ready for this summer to be over!

Last year I guess I was just ready for summer to be over. It was a long, hard summer. And the fall brought with it hope. Hope for something new, life to be a bit easier. This year I am not sure what the fall will bring with it. I wouldn't mind if it brought along a little hope. But for right now I am thankful that in a few short hours I will be hopping in the car with three wonderful girlfriends and heading east to the beach to enjoy a few last days of summer fun!!

No. 11 & 12

Since it has been almost two weeks since my last day of thankfulness I am doing two in one today...

Grace and Parents Who Pray for Me.

I'll start with Parents who pray for me. I am blessed to have two parents who love the Lord and have sweet hearts for talking to Him. So not only do my parents love and encourage me but they pray for me. What a gift that is!

And Grace... I'm not sure what more to say but that I'm real thankful for it. One day I think I'll come back to this one and write some more!

No. 10

I know I can trust the Lord!

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him and he will make your path straight."

With the Lord is love and grace, forgiveness and compassion. He has it all figured out for me, I just have to look to him and submit to him and he'll get me right where I belong. Sometimes it might take longer than I plan, sometimes faster, but always in his perfect timing!

91 days to go...

I think this 100 days might take longer than I planned...

No. 9

My Mom!

Today is my mother's birthday and I could not think of a better way to honor her than to say how thankful I am for her.

The question is where to begin... my mom is a pretty amazing woman!

The first thing that always comes to me when I think about Mom is praying. If I ask her to pray about something I know she will be talking to the Lord about it. My whole life I have seen her taking things to the Lord in prayer. You name it, she would pray about. I am so thankful to have grown up seeing my mother pray and through that seen the wonder and power of prayer in my own life. Wow, what a blessing!

What else... we'll the woman knows how to shop! And boy does she love a good bargain. Now, I've seen my mom hunt for deals my whole life but somehow that gift just skipped right past me. But she will come over and bring me some amazing top, shoes, purse, or whatever that I would have spent way too much on and she'll have spent nothing on it, and it is cute! She is so good at that!

Besides being an amazing shopper she is also one of the most generous people I know. If there is something I need or something that I want but can't get it she will do everything in her might to get it for me. And not only that but there are so many times when she has had something cute on or a cool little something or another and if I even mention that I like it the next thing I know she is giving it to me! She is crazy generous!!

She is also an amazing listener. More times than there are stars in the sky have I called her needing to get something off my chest or cry about something or whatever it might be and she just listens to me. Now, she will always give me her opinion on the matter too, but that is okay, she is my mom.

And she is fun to laugh with! I love sharing my joys with my mom! There have been a few times this summer we have giggled like school girls together on the phone. What a blessing to share that with her!

There are so many more things I could say about my mom, but I'll just simply end by saying how very, very thankful I am she is my mother! You are a light and a blessing in my life!! Thank you for being you and helping me be me! I love you Mom!!