Thankful Thursday #2

...always give thanks to God the Father for everything... Ephesians 5:20

Only the second Thursday of the year and already I am struggling with being thankful. Part of the reason I started to focus on thanksgiving on Thursday is because I realized that I was in a depressed mood since I was focused on negative things going on in my life. And once I started with a negative thought it would spiral out of control and I would feel even more depressed. There is a lot of reasons why I may be depressed this week - a family situation, turning a year older, my period. I don't know what is causing it, but I do know how to alleviate the depression some. If I focus on what I am thankful for I will be reminded that my world is not all darkness.

I am thankful of for the cheerleading devotions that we have each week focusing on God is light and His light overcomes the darkness. I did the devotion tonight at cheerleading practice and it was about how we don't want the light because it uncovers the wrongdoing in out lives. However, the light also frees us through forgivenss from the guilt and shame that is associated with that wrongdoing.

After seeing all the news reports about Haiti I am thankful that I live in a secure place, a prosperous place. Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. I think it was just last year they were hit with a devastating hurricane. They do not have resources to rebuild after these natural disasters. I am blessed to live in a country that not only can afford to rebuild after a disaster, but is filled with people of compassion that will aid those in countries less fortunate.

I am thankful that my sister is visiting this weekend. I haven't seen her in over a year, though we are not close it is still good to reconnect.