What are you Thankful for?

Today is Thanksgiving Day. It is a time to think about what you are thankful for through the year and in your life. It is a time to celebrate all that God has given to you in your life. It is a time to be blessed. A time to spend with family and friends.

That got me to thinking. What am I thankful for? As I write this there are a lot of things that come to my mind.

1. My Family-I am thankful for my family. Some of those that I consider to be family are not my blood family. They are people that are in my life that I love just like they were my family. They are people that have adopted me into their family. I am thankful for each and every one of them.

2. My Friends-I am thankful that I have such wonderful friends. They are there for me when I need them. They listen and advise. They truly wonderful.

3. My Faith-My faith has gotten me through so many things in this life. My faith has helped me to do so many things that I would have never have done before.

4. My Job-I am thankful for my job because without it I would not be able to have what I do. My job has made it possible for me to have a nice car, pay my bills each month, and keep food on the table.

5. My Car-I am thankful that I have a car that will get me where I need to go. It runs great and gets good gas mileage. I am hoping in the near future to get a new one.

6. Memories-I have so many memories in my life. I am thankful mostly for the memories of those that I have loved and lost. I can look back on them when I am missing those people and smile.

7. Music-I am thankful for music, to sing and to listen. I am thankful for Jason Crabb and that I discovered his music at a time in my life when I was lost. I am thankful for SiriusXM The Message that I listen to each day. It uplifts me. I listen to it in the car and sometimes I sing along really loud to it. I am also thankful that I have found songs that I can sing as solos at church or that I can lead at church if the need arises. 

8. My Bibles-I have so many bibles. Most of them are ones that I have bought. Some are ones that I was given as gifts. Others were ones that belonged to family members and I was given them after those loved ones passed. My bibles are special to me. I cherish each one.

9. My Essential Oils-I am thankful that my dear friend Andrea got me into Essential Oils. I use Peppermint the most. It is good for so much. I use it mostly for my headaches. It helps so much. I also use thrive, focus, and harmony.

10. Everyday things-I am thankful for the things we take for granted. I am thankful for food to eat. That I have a warm place to live and sleep. That I have clothes to wear. Some people don't have these items. We tend to take these for granted.

11. Each Day I am alive-We tend to take everyday life for granted. God gives us a gift each day. When we wake up we need to thank the Lord for his gift to us. 

12. For Jesus..his birth, his death on the cross, and his gift of Eternal Life-I am so thankful that Jesus Christ was born. He lived his life like us. I am thankful that he suffered death on the cross to save me from my sins. I am also thankful that he gave me Eternal Life in Heaven with him when I die. He is an awesome God.

What are YOU Thankful for?

Election 2016-New Day, New President

So during this whole election cycle I have not said one word about who I was planning to vote for. I feel that who you are going to vote for is your own business. That being said I spend a considerable amount of time in prayer regarding the elections. Mostly for the office of President.

My Uncle and I talked about the President's race. At one point I was thinking of voting for someone not in the 2 major parties. That was till a friend reminded me that doing that was no good. Only someone from one of the major parties will win. That was so true.

So yesterday I got up and spent time in prayer over the election. I prayed over the candidates and asked God to show me who to vote for. Then I was off to the polls. When I got there the main poll worker knew me right off and knew I would do machine voting (my usual).

I wish that the office of President was last of the ballot to give me more time to consider my choice. I clicked my choices and as I reviewed my decisions I prayed for God to lead the people to choose who he wanted to be President.

As I listened last evening to local election coverage on the radio I kept talking to God with the hopes that whoever got President would be someone that had God in their lives. When I heard that Donald Trump had won West Virginia (my state) I had a feeling he would win the election. I know Donald is a Christian man. In fact, I read that Donald is a Presbyterian (like me).

Even though I don't agree with Donald 100%  I do plan to support him in his job as President. We need to come together as Americans and support our new President.

I believe that we need to pray for God to come back to America and take over the White House. We need him now more than ever.

After voting yesterday my Uncle said it was like voting for the lesser of two evils. No, it was voting for someone who had more Christian standing and who God was behind.

You see as I look at it I was never a big fan of Bill Clinton to begin with. I think when he ran Ross Perot was running against him. My sister and I made up a little campaign jingle that we should have taped and sent to Ross.

Though we made history by electing Obama to office we did not make history this time in electing Hillary. I think people had a bad feeling about electing another Clinton to the White House. Especially one that had such strong support and backing from the Obama's.

Plus you can't always believe what the media tells you about those running for office. You have to do some fact checking and make decisions for yourself.

Take in the local race for County Commissioner. I knew 3 of the candidates. 2 I knew well and of those 2 there was 1 I knew better. I based my decision for this on what I knew about these 3 candidates and how good of a job I thought they would do. Though my candidate did not win I know that the man who did get elected will do the office proud. He will stand up for the citizens of our county.

Take the race for Sheriff. There were 2 candidates running. This was an easy choice. I knew one candidate and had heard of the other. Since I had never met the one candidate and knew nothing about his platform for office I could not vote for him.

I can clearly say I did my homework before voting. It makes the task that much easier.  I am sure that today there are some that are made about the outcome of the election. Some of those people did not vote and should not get upset. They have no right to get mad because they did not use their voice.

So let us stand tall and support Mr. Trump as he becomes our next President of the United States. Lets be United in our support.