Being Thankful

I'm late in my thanksgiving posting, but not because I am not thankful. I think it is more because I am having such a difficult time putting exactly what I am thankful for into words. But I don't want to leave this season without recognizing and giving voice to it. So...

• I am thankful that I don't have a "real" job right now. 
• I am thankful that while I can't figure out how to help, support, encourage in just the right way, I am enough just as I am.
• I am thankful that life is messy and unknown, but that there is peace... most days.
• I am thankful for a new Bible Study group.
• I am thankful that there is a mercy that protects me and a grace that upholds me.
• I am thankful for the waiting.
• I am thankful that there are no surprises for God.
• I am thankful for the innocence and honesty of children - I am thankful for their faith that makes me believe more fully, understand more deeply, and remember more completely.
• I am thankful for coffee mugs, a working car, warm slippers. 
• I am thankful for a God that keeps pursuing, who never leaves.

I don't understand the graciousness of God in my life. I can only attempt to put into words how overwhelmed I am by the presence of God... everyday. He is the foundation that does not shake. He is peace amidst unrest. His is the comfort that sustains. I don't deserve it, I can not earn it, and yet He gives more than I have asked for...

For that, I am thankful.