Today I am thankful for a lack of sentimentality.
That sounds weird, I know, but in the past at midnight I have felt kinda sad and sentimental about the permanent closing of another year. This year, though, I'm really glad to see 2008 go. It's been a hard year in a lot of ways, and I feel that 2009 is going to be incredibly exciting. I'm glad that I didn't even notice when the clock struck 12:00, because this year I don't want to feel sentimental or sad. I want to be excited about the coming months and about what God is going to do in my life during this year!
P.S. This post was actually written after midnight (obviously), but I want the date to be accurate on the blog, so I'm going to say it was really written on the 31st. : )
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A Fresh Start
Today I am thankful for a fresh start.
Susannah and I have been working hard the last two days to completely reorganize and clean our room, bathroom and closet. I have needed a place in this house where I could go and be able to keep something clean and organized, and as of today, my room can be that place. My sisters have committed to helping keep things neat and in place, and it's doing wonders for my attitude. I wish that our whole house could be like that, but for today I am simply grateful for a couple of rooms.
P.S. The Hogs beat #4 Oklahoma tonight...I can always be thankful for that! : )
Susannah and I have been working hard the last two days to completely reorganize and clean our room, bathroom and closet. I have needed a place in this house where I could go and be able to keep something clean and organized, and as of today, my room can be that place. My sisters have committed to helping keep things neat and in place, and it's doing wonders for my attitude. I wish that our whole house could be like that, but for today I am simply grateful for a couple of rooms.
P.S. The Hogs beat #4 Oklahoma tonight...I can always be thankful for that! : )
Monday, December 29, 2008
This Week
Today I am thankful for this week.
It's the Monday of my last week before life gets crazy. I have no idea what's going to happen this week - it may be the most boring week of my life - but I'm just thankful that I don't have to go to school today, or tomorrow, or the next day...you get the point. : )
It's the Monday of my last week before life gets crazy. I have no idea what's going to happen this week - it may be the most boring week of my life - but I'm just thankful that I don't have to go to school today, or tomorrow, or the next day...you get the point. : )
Sunday, December 28, 2008
My Family
Today I am thankful for my family.
I'm forcing myself to write today's post about this, because today has been a day when I haven't felt very thankful at all for my family. I'm really struggling to still be living at home as a 21-year old almost-grad school graduate. It's hard having the schedule that I do and trying to mesh it with the schedule of my family at the house, and it's making me crazy. I brought all of that up to my dad as a request to find a way for me to have my own bedroom, but he turned it into a dramatic family conversation that caused many people to stay mad at me for the rest of the day. I guess I should be grateful that I even have a family to live with and to fight with. Some people are stranded somewhere mourning the loss of every member of their family, and here I am complaining because mine is too big and too close to me. Today I NEED to be thankful for my family.
I'm forcing myself to write today's post about this, because today has been a day when I haven't felt very thankful at all for my family. I'm really struggling to still be living at home as a 21-year old almost-grad school graduate. It's hard having the schedule that I do and trying to mesh it with the schedule of my family at the house, and it's making me crazy. I brought all of that up to my dad as a request to find a way for me to have my own bedroom, but he turned it into a dramatic family conversation that caused many people to stay mad at me for the rest of the day. I guess I should be grateful that I even have a family to live with and to fight with. Some people are stranded somewhere mourning the loss of every member of their family, and here I am complaining because mine is too big and too close to me. Today I NEED to be thankful for my family.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
A Day at Home
Today I am thankful for a day at home.
We've been so busy for so long it seems, and today it was a blessing just to be able to stay home and relax a bit. I know that in just over a week, my life is going to become incredibly busy again, so for now I am going to be grateful to sit and stop.
We've been so busy for so long it seems, and today it was a blessing just to be able to stay home and relax a bit. I know that in just over a week, my life is going to become incredibly busy again, so for now I am going to be grateful to sit and stop.
Friday, December 26, 2008
The End of Christmas
Today I am thankful for the end of Christmas.
More than ever this year, I have been overwhelmed with the way that the Christmas season transforms people. Sure, for some people it makes them more aware of the needs of others and more desiring to show their love to those people, but for others it becomes such a materialistic time. I was out shopping today with my mom, and I was just amazed at the people pouring into the stores trying to get more and more and more stuff. I would imagine that these same people received gift after gift just the day before, but they still wanted, and thought they needed more. The stores take advantage of this materialism with bigger and better sales and promotions, and it's just so discouraging to me. Here the day before we were supposedly celebrating Christ's humility and sacrifice in leaving Heaven to become human, and yet now we're trying to build ourselves up with more possessions, better clothes, etc. I know we have this same attitude throughout the year, but it seems amplified at Christmas for some reason, and so today I am grateful that this season of the year is coming to an end.
More than ever this year, I have been overwhelmed with the way that the Christmas season transforms people. Sure, for some people it makes them more aware of the needs of others and more desiring to show their love to those people, but for others it becomes such a materialistic time. I was out shopping today with my mom, and I was just amazed at the people pouring into the stores trying to get more and more and more stuff. I would imagine that these same people received gift after gift just the day before, but they still wanted, and thought they needed more. The stores take advantage of this materialism with bigger and better sales and promotions, and it's just so discouraging to me. Here the day before we were supposedly celebrating Christ's humility and sacrifice in leaving Heaven to become human, and yet now we're trying to build ourselves up with more possessions, better clothes, etc. I know we have this same attitude throughout the year, but it seems amplified at Christmas for some reason, and so today I am grateful that this season of the year is coming to an end.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Celebration of The Day
Today I am thankful for the celebration of the day.
I love the Relient K song that says "I celebrate the day that You were born to die so I might one day pray for You to save my life." That phrase truly represents the praise that we should be offering to the Lord on Christmas. He came...to die...for our salvation. Christmas isn't just about a cute baby boy in a manger bed with cows mooing around him; it's about our Savior coming to earth in human form, knowing that within a short time He would be persecuted and put to death so that His love and gift of salvation could be poured out to many undeserving sinners like me. Lord, I am grateful that we are able to celebrate this day - without Your sacrifice, this day would be nothing more than another day for us to fall short of Your glory.
I love the Relient K song that says "I celebrate the day that You were born to die so I might one day pray for You to save my life." That phrase truly represents the praise that we should be offering to the Lord on Christmas. He came...to die...for our salvation. Christmas isn't just about a cute baby boy in a manger bed with cows mooing around him; it's about our Savior coming to earth in human form, knowing that within a short time He would be persecuted and put to death so that His love and gift of salvation could be poured out to many undeserving sinners like me. Lord, I am grateful that we are able to celebrate this day - without Your sacrifice, this day would be nothing more than another day for us to fall short of Your glory.
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