.thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was well over a week ago and fittingly so I have been thinking of all the things for which I am thankful.

*My God

*My Love

*My Family & soon-to-be family  :)

*My June-bug

*Spending too much time searching cute wedding things on the web

*Teaching

*Enjoying wonderful plays and concerts

*Making time for friends

*Bible study time with my teacher friends

There are times when I feel so disconnected from everything except those things staring me in the face.  And it's these times that I have to re-evaluate and become connected again with my Lord.  The more I grow and get older, the more I come to know how much I need the love, kindness, grace, mercy, and strength only He can give.  I can visibly see and physically feel the difference in my life when I'm connected with Him, compared to those times when I'm not as connected.  When I'm connected to Him, I'm more connected to everyone and everything else important in my life, and when I draw away from Him, that's when everything else becomes dull and gray.  It's pretty incredible to think of how much He really does desire us to come to him and how deep His love for us if we're there to take it in.

"Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.  Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain it.  Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.  For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD" Proverbs 8: 32-35