Thankful

I'm thankful for my family.
It's a blessing that I was raised in a home centered on Jesus and with Christian values.
Friends have stood beside me throughout this year, thanks.

To be in a place where no one is stopping me from reading the bible, I don't have to fear someone coming to threaten my life when I worship my God.

With parents who support me even when I make mistakes on accident or when I go headlong into stupidity; they still love me and want to see me succeed.


So here's the thing, I'm writing this because I feel like I haven't kept enough record of what's going on with this past year. I feel blessed with this situation as if God turned a light bulb above my head so people would look at me, and now I feel guilty that I haven't turned your attention to God. Instead I fear that I've taken it as my own spotlight: as if it was my attention to have. Well well well friends, this was never my spotlight.

A challenge would be to, whenever attention is directed your way, calling you good or someone saying good job, do the simple/cheesy thing and tell them it's not you but God in you that did the good thing.
Be like the football players who point up after they win a game, or score a touchdown.



Sorry this is so random, but I just got stuff in my brain and I wanna say it.
Think about God's love like a gift, I'm sure you've done this before but really think about it like a Christmas gift. A bunch of years ago He gave you the gift of redemption from sin to be with Him. Then maybe one day you accepted that gift and "played" with it for awhile. You enjoyed God's company and read His words and did His work. Then slowly you found other toys that looked more exciting and grabbed your attention more. You may have even gone back to that one toy, that God thing but it wasn't your favorite toy now. Is that redemption gift sitting in the corner just collecting dust?
The reason why I'm trying to convict you of this what I would say wrong is because I am guilty of it just the same. There's been plenty of times in my life when I the bible was my favorite "toy" but lately it's been just a toy I talk about. " Oh man, remember how cool this toy was back in the day?" God is not the toy of yesterday. He is still relevant, real and ready to be interacted with.

God bless your day and

Keep on living, because that's what I plan to do, and blog another day.