Count your many blessings....

I never write on here and have failed to even share with others the beautiful blessings my children bring through their humor and love for eachother. I see how much my mom gets excited to read everyone's blogs weekly to get updates on their lives and she has often nudged me to keep my blog up to date. I guess today you won't get an update on my kids as much as you will get me doing my best to count the many blessings from above. This is another weekend without the boys and I find I always want to dwell on what I don't have instead of praise my loving Father for what He has given me....here it goes.

1. I have the beautiful gift of eternal life and a loving Savior who loves me despite me (emotional, selfish, wishy-washy me).
2. I have been blessed with two children...not zero, not one, but two!!!
3. I have a mother who gave up so much to raise me on her own and continues to make daily sacrifices for me!!! So often I take this for granted...ugh! Many single moms would die to have the help I have!
4. I have a family that most people envy...grandparents who lived out an example for each of us, cousins that are really my brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles that made sacrifice after sacrifice to give me the love and care I needed as a child (and continue to...) and most importantly we are all united in Christ!
5. God has blessed me with friends that meet me where I am at and love me in my weaknesses! He has blessed me with godly counsel through a woman that I never thought would play the role in my life that she has!
6. I have a job that God gave me and I am able to provide for my children! We are never in want - all our needs are met like He has promised!
7. I have a home that I never dreamed of having - though I don't own it, I know this is exactly where God wants us for now. That alone brings peace.
8. God worked it out so Suzi can be with my children on a daily basis. She loves my children as though they are hers and I couldn't ask for more than that.
9. I have the gifts that the country offers - freedom, wealth, etc. This may not last long, but I want to embrace what I have now :-)
10. I have one more day...each day is a gift from above. I waste so many of my days just plugging through life and not keeping my eyes on Christ. If I only I knew how many times I missed an opportunity to share Christ with others because I was so caught up in myself.
11. The list could go on and on and on...thank you Jesus!

Praise be to God for the many blessings He has given me and my family! He has never failed to keep His promises despite my inablity to keep mine. May I never forget that this life is not about me, but about Him! My life may not be the picket fence life that I hoped for, but I gained the most beautiful Gift in the process of losing "my" dream! Lord Jesus, may you be my hope and my love till the day I die!