The Grateful Heart

This Autumn has certainly been a season of change in more ways than one. I have been so caught up in my own world. My relationships, environment, and being are all changing and, sometimes, I cannot see beyond those problems. But on this day, Thanksgiving, I am reminded of all I have to be joyful about and where my priorities are at the moment. In the midst of all the craziness that comes with life transitions and growing up, it's easy to lose sight of the important things...the things that make our life worth living and inspire a grateful heart. So, here are my musings about what I have to be so doggone happy about:

My friends that all text me after the GRE to see how it went, my crazy beautiful husband who is everything I'm not, my friendship with my mom that has really begun to blossom, completing my degree!, a cozy little apartment decked in boughs of holly, the opportunity to encourage others at my current job, living in America, my new/big family, flannel snowflake sheets, a full week off from work and school, good health, foods of all variety and amazingness, and a Sovereign God.

Despite all my fears, God is good. Always. Regardless of the outcome of graduate school or the coming and going of friendships, He remains steadfast and faithful. A love so immense, that He took my place. A heart so vastly beyond my comprehension, I should feel nothing but awe. He loves me unimaginably and this perfect love casts out all fear. When all the smoke has clear, there reamins a grateful heart.

Happy Thanksgiving.