thankful.

"Be thankful...but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver." AW Tozer

I love that quote! Thanksgiving is a great holiday to sit back and enjoy food and family and all our blessings. We should be thankful more than just once a year. I am going to make a thankful list and I'll probably even share it on the blog. But I don't want to be so wrapped up in all the gifts that I forget about the One who so graciously gave. 

I am THANKFUL for...

• For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

• God's way is perfect. All the LORD's promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection. - 2 Samuel 22:31
• Family - Mom & Dad, Hannah & Hope, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family
• Friends - Colossians 1:3- "I thank my God every time I remember you." From Fort Worth to Owensville to Benton to Crossett to Cabot to Conway and everywhere in between. I am thankful for the difference you made in my life.
• Love - the ability to Love God & Love People.
• My Bible
• journals - my way of seeing how far God has brought me
• Education 
• Church Camp
• A house
• Hot showers
• A comfy bed
• Technology
• Music
• Use of all my senses - the ability to see, hear, taste, smell, and touch...I daily take these things for granted
• Little children
• teenagers
• my car
• make-up
• hair straightners
• too many clothes and shoes
• my health
• my swimming pool
• memories
• Peace -John 14:27
• Church - Owensville Baptist Church, Trinity Baptist Church, First Baptist Church Crossett, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, and Crosspoint Baptist Church
• that I don't have to worry -Philippians 4:6
• Freedom
• Abundant Life -John 10:10
• food
• books and blogs
• Wisdom - James 1:5
• my sweet Sunday School teachers I've had through the years
• teachers
• online sermons
• laughter
• joy
• nature
• sunsets
• fellowship
• pictures
• opportunites
• God's perfect plan for me - Jeremiah 29:11
• My summer job
• having everything I need 
• struggles that God uses to draw me closer to Him
• grace & mercy
• forgiveness
• second chances
• getting mail
• family game nights
• baking
• dancing
• most of all for God who provides all these blessings!!!! - James 1:17

there are so many more things I could be and am thankful for but I think this list is long enough for today. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!