Thankful Ponderings

I was over at Chrissy's blog Tales from the Carpool Lane reading her post on thankfulness and it got me thinking.

The Lord has truly blessed us. We have a home , food, running water and even a bed for each of us to sleep in. I can worship my Father without fear that I will be locked away or worse. I can say with confidence that no one in my family will die as a result of genocide. I am often overwhelmed by all he has given us and I can say for absolute certain that we have not received so much because we earned or deserved it. I know that the Lord delight in giving good gifts to his children, but we were blessed long before we became His.

So I often think, "Why me?". Not that I am complaining. It brings unmeasurable joy to me that my children will not suffer what so many children do in this world. But "Why me?" in the sense of... He blessed me for a reason, He put me in America and not Darfur or Cuba. Why? I am no better then those in other countries. So why was I placed here with so many blessings? And my prayer becomes not just, "Thank you Lord for all you have given." but, "Show me what you want me to do with it all. Let me be a good steward of all you have given me and my family."

Hmmm, kinda makes my four year old's disobedience seem like a very small problem. At least I know he will go to sleep tonight in a warm bed, with a full belly and chances are tomorrow he will wake and we can start all over again.

What are we thankful for? And are we bringing glory to the One who gives us reason to be thankful? Something to think about.

Blessings,
Julie

Belated Photos

Well, with all the moving our poor blog has been pushed to the side. From the looks of it you would think that we have not done anything fun since we moved to Georgia. Lucky for my kids, that is not the truth, and I have the pictures to prove it!


At the end of July we took the kids to Amicalola Falls State Park.



Going for a little hike.

























Enjoying the ride.



























Hannah in a tree.


























Nicholas in a tree.


























Gabriel in a tree time 2!
























ok...that last one cracks me up.

We also went to The Georgia Aquarium Labor Day weekend but I will save those picture for another day.