Today was Thanksgiving, and it feels like a good time for a post. This morning in the shower (because, you know, the best thinking occurs in the shower) i was thinking about my life. Let me tell you, my life is not necessarily where i thought it would be. However, in so many ways it is so much better.

God has blessed me so much with a family to love. He's given me purpose. He's given me a job with meaning doing work that i really kind of enjoy. He's given me a corner office, where i can be eccentric and weird and no one really cares as long as my work gets done. (That's kind of been a daydream of mine.) He's given me a dog and two cats, a house, membership on a board, great friends. He's given me elderly relatives to love. He's given me the golden years of their lives, the knowledge that some day if i'm looking back on my life i can say that i was there. He's given me a church family. He's given me a measure of contentment in my singleness. If He never gives me a helpmate, He's given me the assurance that He is there for me. He's given me an idea of the things being single could free me to do, and yet the lingering possibility that it may go the other way and that could be good too. He's given me a decided settling of the tumult that has been my emotions and mindset in the past.

He's given me love. He's given me hope. He's given me faith. He's given me salvation. He's given me life. He's given me contentment. He's given me protection. He's given me health. He's given me forgiveness. He's given me mercy. He's given me guidance. He's given me Help. He's given me a Rock to lean upon. He's given me everything.

Happy Thanksgiving God. Thank You for well absolutely everything, really!!