I Am So Ungrateful.

Lately my heart has been filled with complaining, grumbling, and bitterness. Everything opposite of what the Word teaches me to be, I was. As the busiest season at work came to a close, I realized how ungrateful I have become over the past couple of months. While I sat in my car during my lunch break last week trying to hold myself together though every part of me was breaking down, God used my mom to remind me of all the reasons why I was having such a hard time. "You are not recognizing that God has given you this gift of work, and you are thinking that it was all your own doing. The more you take your eyes off of yourself, the more you will realize that God has been sovereignly orchestrating all of it. Even the challenges. All of it. You're exhausted, but if you surrender even your fatigue to Christ, you'll understand just how much stronger He is, which all the more emphasizes our need for Him. Go to God in prayer, and find rest in Him." Seriously?! Praise God for such a wise woman. If it weren't for her, I would have never gone back to work that day.

So, I've decided to take some time and share just a few things that I am grateful for. Things that I have overlooked because I was too busy thinking about myself.

Thankful for people's sense of humor.

The only kind of "carats" I like

Friendly reminder from a random stranger.

Also means there's 20 Fridays until Sincere gets married!!!

 My staff's sense of humor and sense of truth.

Thug lyfe.

The joys of having your best friends live close by. 

"Happy wife, happy life."

 Summer hours = VBS time!! 

The only time I will be whiter than Fion.

 Selfless parents building a desk for a girl who doesn't even go to school.

Excuse the nudity; it was really hot that day.

 My mom's way of asking me to come home.

Paint me like one of your French girlz.

HANNAH IS HOME!!!!!!! 

Tears of joy. Screaming on top of my lungs. I'm seriously SO happy.

 Fall hours = free mornings to do my devotions.

It looked better in my head.

 Summer is OVER = Leftover dessert from "last day of boot camp" parties.

Looking at this makes me sick. With happiness.

 Again, the quiet and calming mornings I get to have to dwell in His Word. 

Again, it looked a lot better in my head.

When I am swamped and overwhelmed with the world, I forget that all I need to do is sit still and bask in His Word. Such a simple solution that I choose to ignore because I am so self-absorbed. I am so occupied with performing my best in the world and pursuing that prize, that I forget I already have the greatest prize of all. Thank you Jesus for filling my life with reasons to be thankful!!

Off to work I go! May today be pleasing to you, Lord! It is my desperate prayer and plea; may my work be for your glory and none for me.

Soli Deo Gloria.