Today I got to stay home all morning!!! :D It was wonderful. . .and quite relaxing. I did school and laundry. And nothing else until 1:30 when I had to go to piano lessons with Jerusha. We decided to go to the mall after lessons. We went in through the food court area so I could introduce my sis to a few of my co-workers. Oh! I don't think I've mentioned that. . . I got a job almost four weeks ago! . . . but I'll divulge that story in a later post . . . ;)
Anyway, then Jerusha and I walked towards JCPenny, making a quick stop by Starbucks first! Speaking of which, Starbucks has come out with their Christmas flavors!!!! I'm rather split in my opinion of that . . . On the one hand, I think it is *much* too early to be thinking about Christmas. . . On the other hand, I absolutely *love* going into the mall and seeing the beginnings of Christmas decorations and sipping on a holiday drink. So yeah, I can't make up my mind. Speaking of drinking coffee at Starbucks. . . I don't like coffee. Unless it's frozen. And steeped with sugar. And milk. And whipped cream. And chocolate. And blended together in delicious goodness. Only then (when it can't really even be called coffee anymore) do I quite enjoy coffee. :p
After shopping for a bit, Jerusha and I came home and I got ready to go on a walk with momma. It was so beautiful outside!! We had a lovely time walking and talking together. :)
THEN. . . .(it's a good sign when the description of your day is full of "then". . . . that means it was a full, most likely productive day!) ...momma, Jerusha, and I met Jessica for dinner at a restaurant here in town. Oh lands, it was delicious! We had such a great girl time together! <3
THEN. . . :) we came home, got settled down in the living room and watched a chick-flick together.
I feel so blessed! Hey. . . that's what we should be thinking about this November. I mean, THANKSgiving is first. . .Christmas isn't until December! We should be counting our blessings. . . not thinking about our "Christmas wish lists" or what we can get/want. I guess that's my challenge to y'all. . .be thankful today for how God has blessed you. On days like the one I just wrote about, being grateful should be a piece of cake. . .but what about those days that are just awful? Nothing seems to be going right. Can we really be thankful then? Well. . .hard as it may seem. Yes.
"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT saying that being grateful in the midst of trials is easy by any means! But the Bible *does* command it, so that is my challenge to you. And myself. Can we be thankful in everything?
