Thankful Thursday

 

Happy Thursday, friends! I'm joining in once again with Rebecca Jo and Leslie for this weekly linkup. 

I have come to look forward to listing things out each week on this blog post. There is something so special about looking for all the things we have to be thankful for that puts us back into that right mindset. I'm not saying I never have a bad attitude, but when I look for all the good that God is and has done, my focus is back on Him, where it should always be. It's so easy to get stuck in ruts and to complain...and though that is normal, it's not healthy to stay there for too long.

I'm so grateful when He shows me this. He did one such thing for me (and the world, apparently) on Monday, when Facebook and Instagram shut down. I mean how sad that we're all talking about it? And when I say "we", I literally mean me too. I find myself reaching for my phone to scroll all too often...and I could be doing anything else in that time and it would be better for me. I could be reading, or writing (which I really need to be doing), praying, studying...and yet I miss it when I can't scroll. 

One thing I appreciated about this "outage" was that it prompted me to write on this blog for the week. It also prompted me to pray and to reach out to my friend Donna, whom I haven't seen in forever, it seems. I may not have done any of that, had it been up and running.

Donna and I texted back and forth for the next hour and exchanged pictures. I am also very thankful for godly friendship.

I am thankful for the fact that my husband and I celebrated 25 years of being married. It is only by the grace of God. We went out for a fancy dinner that night.

These jumbo crab cakes were every bit as delicious as they look. I squeezed lemon over mine. I am such a foodie...I love good food so much! Where we went is expensive, but the food never disappoints and the service is always stellar. 

I have been thankful for the things I've had going on this week, but also thankful for the times in between of being at home. My week started out with a meeting at nine on Monday morning and though I'm not used to getting up and getting dressed then and ready to be out the door, it was nice to have my errands for the day finished by noon. Monday is always the day I spent putting the house back in order after a weekend of everyone being in and out. When I took this picture late that afternoon, I was thankful for a good cup of coffee. Isn't my mug cute? 

I'm always thankful for the times when our writing team at church meets. We all get along really well and every time we are together, we always have so much fun. It's always good to catch up with them and I love having intentional scheduled time together. 

I'm so thankful for my church family...I saw this yesterday as I was driving past and took this picture. 

I say this every week, but I'm so thankful for this little blogging community and all the bloggers who I feel like are my real life friends. A friend posted about this channel on YouTube this week and I promptly went and subscribed to it so I could have this beautiful image as art on my tv. What you do is when you go to YouTube on your smart tv, you search for "calmed by nature" and you'll find videos pictured like this one above. It stays on this image and it plays soft, quiet jazz music in the background. This one is called "fall coffee shop bookstore ambience" and it's my newest favorite thing.

I'm thankful for good days at Bible study, time with friends and family, good books to read, and times of laughter. I know there is so much more, but that's what stood out to me this past week. 

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