Fall Favorites: Wrap Up

Fall ends in such an appropriate way -Thanksgiving.  I love this day and I have much to be thankful for this year.  I am so thankful for my life.  I cannot fathom where I would be had God not grabbed my heart.  He literally "picked me up, turned me around and put my feet on solid ground".  I am thankful that He is not finished with me, but yet continues to pursue me.

I am thankful for my beautiful family.  There are no words to signify the gratitude I have for my husband and children.  KP is strong and gentle and he loves me more than I deserve or even know.  My kids are literally running after God's heart and for that I am beyond thankful.

I am thankful for my heritage.  Thank you so much Mom, Dad, MaMa and PaPa and Granny and Mama Frankie and Gandy and generations before you for praying and sowing and planting.  You have left your family with tremendous favor and blessings...thank you!

When I take at look at people around me, I am BLOWN away at God's graciousness for blessing me with good good GOOD friends.  I have friends who see the best in me when I get stuck seeing the yuck.  I have friends who are "for" me and cheer me on.  I have friends who love Jesus and long to see his Kingdom come.  I have friends who walk with me (steadily) through life.

I cannot begin to describe how thankful I am for our church home.  What an incredible gift!  Thank you, God for our church.

I am thankful for the ministry that God has called me to be part of.  I love that God has given me a heart for the nation of Israel and other nations.  I love that I get to pray with the hopeless, broken and fearful on Sunday mornings and throughout the week.  I love that I get to pray with those seeking healing and freedom and asking for more faith and compassion.  I am honored to partner with others who are seeking God's heart.  I am ecstatic about this blog.  To many it appears to be light-hearted and fun (and that it is), but to me it is an outlet, therapy, so to speak.  I am thankful that I see beauty in the un-wanted, neglected, rejected and torn (both of eternal value and worldly).

Thank you, Father, that you are the God of redemption.  You are making ALL things new.  Thank you for JESUS!

So, as we wrap up fall of 2011...we unwrap the beautiful gift of Jesus and journey into the Christmas season.  Stay tuned for some creative, thrifty and unique Christmas reclaimables.

I'd love to hear from you.  What are you thankful for this year???



“A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful”