I Forgot

Wow. It's been a while. What can I say, the combination of having a bad memory AND being busy has it's affects on my blogging. However, I don't want to give up!

I am currently reading a book called Me, Myself and Lies. It basically challenges you to search through your thoughts and gives you ways to capture them and make them obedient to Christ. It's not an easy read by any means, thinking about what you're thinking about is hard work! But today I read about remembering and it made me remember (weird, right?) that I forget what God is doing and has done for me so often. It asked the question "What are you doing to remember what the Lord has done?" And my answer was...nothing. Then I remembered that is why I started this darn blog in the first place. So I'm at it again. 

Trying to remember specific details, even from the last few months, is not easy. But I do believe that there is a reason that God asks us to dwell on what he has done for us. So quickly I get caught up in the here and now and I don't really believe that He is good or trustworthy when something bad happens or when I get anxious. I really want to believe what is true about my Father, because if I don't, it basically screws up everything else and inhibits my ability to love him back. 

Ok so I am going to do a little photo thankfulness journal. Every photo represents something that I am thankful for, specifically in the last few months since I have posted. Here goes!

I am thankful for...

 Creation...

How it shows God's immense power, and his intricate detail. We don't even deserve this kind of beauty.

 For my abilities that God has given me. To not only walk and run and be able to move but to play sports.

And for the ability to paint and draw and for giving me opportunities to serve using this gift.

 For the pleasure of seeing two of my friends continue to grow in the Lord.

And watch their lives change as they get married.

 For the blessing of being an "almost aunt" 

 and to learning from two couples that I admire dearly.

 For learning from their perseverance 

and being able to rejoice with them.

 For getting to be a real aunt and to watching these two girlies grow into beautiful women someday,

and for their personalities...even if they are crazy sometimes.

 For my family and knowing that they love me and that we can be wild and crazy together.

For my grandparents and their lives, that  they live so close and that I get to see them almost every day and for the blessing of a job.

For Des Moines. That we live in a free country, that I get to go to college here, that I have a church home that I love, and that God got ahold of my heart here.

For my roommates, that they love me even though they see my bad side. That they strive to love Christ and serve one another, even if we are imperfect.

For my brothers in Christ. Though they can be butts sometimes(see picture above), they want what is best for their sisters and they strive to love us like Jesus did.

And finally for my sisters in Christ, my closest friends.

 I can be myself around them knowing they are just as nuts as I am,

they continue to love me, even when they have seen my sin out in the open,

 even though I don't get to see them all the time, 

 I know that they will always be my friend

and they will never stop caring about me.

And that I get to serve alongside of them as we love Jesus together.

I know that I could come up with a million other things that I am thankful for, but these are a few. Hopefully I will be a little better about getting on here and remembering what the Lord is doing!