I am thankful.

Today is Thanksgiving and over the past few days I have been reflecting on what I am most thankful for...

1. I am thankful for my daughter. She is beautiful inside and out. She is kind. She is passionate. She is smart. She is innocent. I could not have wished for a more wonderful blessing than my daughter.
2. I am thankful for my parents. They are generous. They are loving. They are forgiving. My life as I know it would not have been possible without the support my parents provide for me. I am a good parent because I learned from the best.
3. I am thankful for my sister and her wonderful husband. They are faithful. They are fun. They are determined. I love them for so many reasons and I miss them terribly.
4. I am thankful for my house. It is a struggle to live on my own, but it's an answer to many prayers.
5. I am thankful for my job. Not only am I blessed to have a stable job that provides for me and my little family, but I am honored to be a presence in the lives of many, many teenagers.
6. Finally, and definitely most importantly, I am thankful for my beautiful, loving, faithful, forgiving heavenly Father and his perfect Son, my Savior, my Jesus. My God is so amazing that He sent His son to die for me. I was hopeless, but I have been saved and the concept of this is sometimes too hard to fathom...

I came across a passage in the Bible that expresses my thanks better than I could ever articulate.

Psalm 100

A psalm. For giving thanks.

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.