Thankful

I would describe the mood around our house as thankful. Several events have happened in the past few weeks and days that have made me realize how blessed we are and how thankful we should be. It is easy for me to complain, in fact I am very good at complaining about the bad without acknowledging the good. Several events in the past week or so have reminded me how blessed I am.

Thanksgiving evening one of the pharmaceutical reps that I know from work lost his 11 year old daughter, Alexa, to complications from cancer. This family has been devastated with her disease from the time that she was just over a year old. I read her caring bridge site last night and the entire entry is a thank you to all their friends and family that have supported them. In their time of grief they are still thankful and able to acknowledge the blessing of Alexa to their family.

Yesterday, we had the opportunity with our church group to participate in a community project. We helped serve breakfast to a group of high school students and children. The high school students are from Kennesaw Mountain High School and they have adopted these economically disadvantaged children and raised money to take them on a Christmas shopping trip. We were able to take our girls along and they enjoyed being able to serve others and they began to realize that others didn't have as much as they did.

In this time and the economy that we live in we are thankful that we both have jobs and are working, we are thankful that our children are healthy, we are thankful that we have a roof over our heads and food to eat. As we step into the Christmas season I want to keep the heart of thankfulness for all of our blessings and acknowledge the One who gave it all to us. There is no one like our God.