Gratitude

"Don't tell God how big your storms are, tell your storms how big God is." There's much to be thankful for, even in the storms.

God thanks for today, for letting me wake up so that I can walk and breathe. I don't deserve my next breath so thank you.

Thank you for friends and reasons to laugh, for times to act stupid just because it makes us happy.

Thank you for chocolate chip pancakes and ice cream and the ability to eat them... to eat them frequently.

Thank you for beautiful music, for beats, and words that touch the soul.

Thank you for hip-hop dancing, the ability to dance, for the joy it brings me and that I might be able to glorify you through it.

Thank you for little kids, for making them awesome and carefree tiny people. For the Simple Room kids, for bringing them into my life.

Thank you for creation, for mountains and lakes. You're such a genius for thinking up all of this. You blow my mind daily, even when I think of a blade of grass. Who ever would've thought?

Thank you for the story of Job, it encourages me when I feel like I can't handle life anymore. He praised you even when he lost his entire world.

Thank you for the trials you've brought me through and for going ahead of me to bring through future ones.

Thank you for the people I will meet in my life. You know every person and the reason I will meet them.

Thank you for blessing me with amazing parents and grandparents who are so devoted to loving you and who have changed my life because of you. I could have been born anywhere and to anyone in the world but I was chosen to be born to the parents I have today.

Thank you for my sissy and bubby, for putting them into my life for a reason. I love the family you have blessed me with.

Thank you for reminding me that everyday is a blessing, that yesterday is over and that all I have is today. Thank you for today.