Thursday Thirteen

So now on a more upbeat note (had to put something good in here today!)

13 Things I am thankful for....

1. My faith in God...with out it I would not be where I am today...how do people live with out God in their lives?

2. My Niece and Nephew.... they bring so much joy to my life that it almost takes my breath away at time

3. My best friend Rachel...we have been thru it and back again and yet she’s still there. I have let her down in more way then I care to remember yet our relationship just seems to strengthen. God blessed me mightily the day I met her!

4. For my sisters. We have not always gotten along at times but over the last couple of years I have gotten closer to them both and they are truly a treasure to me!

5. For my job...with out God divine intervention I would never have found this job...he truly orchestrates things together...he started this orchestration way back when I was younger then 10. (Long story ask me about it sometime)

6. For my parents. They took me in to their family and made me one of their own. I didn’t choose them and they didn’t choose me...God choose us for each other...

7. For the entire Buckert family who continue all in their own way to encourage me almost daily. Whose example to me is priceless. Who loves me despite my down falls. Who help me in every way imaginable even when I have nothing to give back.

8. For my church. I have never been to a church that has so unconditionally loved me. I feel completely comfortable there and know that no matter what I am loved, accepted and forgiven!

9. For the roof I have over my head. Although I call it my hole in the wall (cause that’s what it is) I am very blessed to have it. Just another thing God orchestrated.

10. For my ability to just be me.... sounds funny I know BUT not everyone gets to be themselves. They hide behind things or are afraid to share cause then people might not like them and so on. Not to say I don’t hide thing at time. BUT God has given me the ability lots of times to be transparent and share my life so as to build others up.

11. For the fact that I can walk. There was a time a year ago when I could barely make it to the bathroom. The only way I made it there was to pray. God has truly healed me and for that I am very thankful!

12. Yes I saved God for last. Not because I thought of him last but because He and only Him is the hand that put it all together, the thread that holds all this together and the creator that loves me no matter where I am not matter what I have done and no matter how much I struggle...Thank you God for my life!

p.s. Just noticed I put God at the begining and the end.....I think its appropriate! One is MY faith in God and the other is just for God himself