As we are all very much aware it is November (voting day if you haven't walked through the west mall on campus or been on facebook yet). How is it already November you ask? Shoot. I have no idea but I am loving the fall weather I woke up to this morning, the Yankee Candle Autumn Wreath flavor in my room and the Yankee Candle pumpkin flavored wall plug in in my room. Basically, if you want your nostrils full of the smell of fall come on over cause I've got you covered.
Being the month of thanks I have decided to truly focus on being thankful for everything that I have been blessed with. Yes, this semester has been one heck of a roller coaster ride but if I look closely there is plenty of good happening through the bad. For each day of the month I will be writing down one thing I am thankful for. Of course there are going to be days when I'm thankful for multiple things but I am going to choose one per day. Whatever it may be I am going to consciously make sure I am in constant prayer about it through the day. If it is someone I am thankful for I am going to let them know, bless them with the blessings they have given me. If I am blessed for a roof over my head then I will be sure to pray especially for the homeless during the cold months and maybe go serve breakfast at Feed My People.
I will be writing my blessings on my full length mirror in my room. That way everyday I will be reminded of how blessed I truly am, even when I feel like every curve ball has been thrown at me and I have some how managed to take the wrong turn at EVERY crossroads. God has blessed me just in the fact that I have a relationship with Him, no matter how strong or weak it may be at this moment, it's there.
A lady that I look up to so much has always told me that when I am having a bad day and I'm super upset then go and do something for someone else or make a list of people who love you, good things that have happened in the week or month. Take your mind of the negative and focus it to the positive. That right there is a step toward the healing process, a step toward freedom.
November 1, 2010: I am thankful for the strength that I have been provided from God (no way my own strength) to make it through two weeks of a lifelong goal.
November 2, 2010: I am thankful for the verse in the Bible, "Whenever I lay down and slept, the Lord preserved me to rise again." Psalm 3:5 I woke up this morning to a beautiful day with a cool breeze. Thank you Jesus
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