Musings at Altitude

On this wonderful Thanksgiving Day, I am so thankful for so many things.  The list gets longer each year, so I’ve begun to categorize them:

• “F’s” – Faith, Family, Friends, & Food
• “Well Being” – Health, Home & Job
• “Liberty” – Country & Freedom

When I’ve given thanks for the “big 3”, I then move on to specifics areas of thanks within each category, and I think back through this past year on prayers that were answered, miracles that occurred and help that was needed that was provided.  That list gets longer each year as I now look more intently and recognize those times of special intervention that in the past I may have thought were coincidence or luck.  In this year, there was healing that was unexpected, there was success in jobs that seemed impossible, and there was the gift of life – all of these brought smiles and periods of praise and great thanks!  There were calls at just the right time with just the right message; there were sermons with just the right teaching at just the right moment when that message needed to be heard; and there were hugs from just the right people at just the right time when things seemed so desperate.

I am blessed beyond belief with a family that loves me in spite of myself, with friends who encourage me when I often times forget to give them encouragement in return, and with a Creator that shows me each day through His magnificent creation His love for me and His presence in my life.  That same Creator and loving God has shown us this year once again through the miracle of life how special His plan and His creation really is:

On this Thanksgiving Day, I am so thankful for so many things, but most thankful for those who bring me smiles and remind me every day of what love really means.