to Him Who is able

Are you thankful each day? Even in the bad times, do you give God thanks for the blessings in your life? And in the good times do you remember to give thanks to Whom it's due? "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Do you stop and think how blessed you are to have not only woken up this morning healthy, but that you woke up to a roof over your head, food in your cabinets, and clothes on your back? Did you take the time to thank God for giving you a job? Your car? What about your wonderful family? Have you given thanks for them today? And those are just a few of the big things. "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." Colossians 2:6-7 God has laid it on my heart lately to express thankfulness in everything. I take a lot of what I have for granted...

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I am a journal keeper. Not always mind you, but for about the last 5 or 6 years. I mean I kinda sorta kept a diary when I was 8-10, but writing 2 sentence entries once every 10 months doesn't really count in my book. As soon as I hit my teen years though, I obviously had to document all the drama going on in my life, hence I began journaling. At first it was every other day that I would write in it, but now it's more like once a month, maybe not even that. But when I do write in it, boy do I write in it. I rarely write just one page, but instead pages and pages.  Besides the daily happenings, new books I'm reading, favorite songs, newest ice cream flavors I've discovered and sob stories, if you were to readmy journal you would also find my deepest darkest secrets. You would read about my biggest, hardest struggles. You would find what I worry about the most. I write all of it down.   This morning was one of those mornings when I felt like writing. So I pulled out my...

Goodness.  ...a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well then, this post  is worth a lot of words. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ { warm  really hot afternoons at the park} {Older Brother's Senior banquet/graduation} {as you look at the next 6 photos, notice how a.) a new face is added each time, and 2.) every one's expression changes multiple times} {below is a desk my beyond amazing father and brothers built...they used it as Spencer's display table at graduation. His was the best, most interesting most awesome one there. Just saying'.} {spending time on the front porch together}  I've been absent from the "blogasphere" for quite some time, and I really have no new excuses. Busy? Yes. As everyone else is. I am just really bad at motivating myself to use my free time to post. the struggle is real. As my junior year in ...