Thankful Thursday

1 Thessalonians 5:18
Be joyful always;
pray continually;
give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God's will for you in
Christ Jesus.


It's so very easy to be thankful when everything is going my way. When birds are tying ribbons in my hair and singing sweetly as I go about my daily life.

It's when things are difficult and circumstances are beyond my control that I find myself falling into the pit of grumbling and unthankfulness. I find myself starting to feel like things are unfair and I've drawn the short straw. Been sent down the river. Dealt a bad hand. Between a rock and a hard place. Close but no cigar. Flash in the pan. When it rains it pours. (you get the idea)

I've avoided doing a Thankful Thursday post because I've felt more discouraged than thankful.

I'm not feeling well physically. Circumstances have not turned out like I anticipated or hoped for. And I'm just exhausted in general. Moving to a new state (yet again) seems daunting. And 9 months of living in Georgia with our 3 kids while my husband works in Texas has been more difficult than I could have ever imagined.

And yet, in Thessalonians, it didn't say.... be joyful only when things are going your way....... and pray continually because everything will work out just how you planned....... and give thanks only once you have achieved your happy place and your world is at peace.

It says give thanks in all circumstances....... so here it goes.


1) Thankful for the sport court down the street. The kids and I went down there yesterday and played ball. It was the Ladybugs versus the Sharks. The kids even dressed up in basketball outfits to go. We had a great time.

2) Thankful that even though we didn't sell our house and that we ended up taking the company buyout (and lost money) that we still had the option of a company buyout. I've been so focused on the fact that we aren't getting out of the house what we have in it, that I've lost the gratefulness that the company is buying our house and that we can go ahead and move to Texas.

3) Thankful that we found a house in Texas that will work for our family.

4) Thankful that in less than a month we will be living under the same roof as our daddy.

5) Thankful that we will only be 4 hours away from my parents.

6) Thankful that the company is packing us up and that I don't have to do that all alone. Or worse, with the help of the kids. Because I am actually never alone. Lonely sometimes... but never alone.

7) Thankful that the kids are all in good health.

8) Thankful for the rain.

9) Thankful for the VBS camp the kids went to last week.

10) Thankful that my husband will be home for the weekend!


Okay, that's all I've got.
I hope you have a Thankful Thursday.