There I was, arms lifted high (okay one arm… the other hand was gripping the pew in front of me). Worshiping and praising. Ignoring everyone around me (hello these people really need clapping lessons. But that’s another story.)When God starts speaking to me, (now, this might not be the exact words, if He even said words but there is no mistaken the intent of this. I might embellish a little because hello I’m a story teller it’s what I do. LOL) “Yes, you are content in where I have you. Yes, you have no doubt I put you where you are. Yes, you believe you have been blessed by me putting you there. BUT you haven’t thanked me for it.”

Well by golly; knock me over with a feather. What was that Lord? Eh? “You haven’t thanked me for it.”  

Can you say “ruh-ro”? You sure I haven’t thanked you? I mean you yourself just said I am content here, I have no doubt you put me here and that I believe I’ve been blessed here!! “Thank me.”

(So btw I did that night, this was last Sunday, and EVERY SINGLE THING I thanked Him for I was slapped with Monday. But that’s another story and not what this blog is about.)

So seeing as it’s Thanksgiving week and God told me I haven’t thanked Him… I thought I would take this opportunity to thank Him. Now normally if it’s something everyone is likely to be doing I won’t want anything to do with it. I have a problem with people that only thank God for things at Thanksgiving. (ha I don’t have much room to talk if God had to point this out, eh?)

I am ever so thankful for this weird-twisted-life changing-wound healing-extrovert making-worthy revealing-self-discovery journey that the Lord has set me on.

I’m thankful for this itty bitty room that I live in with my parents… hey when God tells you to stay put you stay put, eh?

I don’t say much about my family but I’m thankful for them too. We aren’t the Cleavers… but then again who the hell wants to be???

This next section I’m going to be thankful for is friends and people God has put in my life. I’ve debated with myself for hours if I should name them. Because unavoidably I’ll forget someone and hurt their feelings and that is not my intent. I can truly say that I’ve been blessed with a lot of people in my life in the last year. My heart bursts to over-flowing with all the people in my life, and it’s really quite strange considering how much I dislike people, how much I love being a hermit. So I’m going to make an attempt here to acknowledge those people. I’m not doing this so that they write and tell me how great I am. I want them to see how thankful I am, I want to acknowledge before God and all the people that read this blog what a blessing they are and that I couldn't even hope to be half the blessing to them that they are to me.

Pammer, my sissy, I’m so thankful for you. God knew what He was doing that weekend that He had us both stalking each other, didn’t He? I don’t regret a moment of that or this past year in becoming your sister. Love you!

Dineen, girl, I thank God for you. I think I’ve mentioned to you how balanced our friendship is to me, you get more of me then anyone else, The way God has had me open up to you blows my mind. He’s made you very special to me in a very short period. (Even if I did have to pester you one late night just to get you to talk to me. LOL)  

Paula, oh man, Paula, I can’t even begin to thank God enough for you. Out of everyone you have probably seen the biggest change in me in the last year. You get the deep heart stuff… and the weird rambley emails late at night. I love seeing my life through your eyes. You make me see things I’m too messed up to see at the moment. Most of your emails still make me cry like that second email you sent me that started this friendship off. You are one special lady!

Camy, ( I had this really great eloquent thought on Camy here. But Camy made me take it out because the cyber fuzzy wuzzies were making her puke. LOL But I know Camy loves me, and she gave me permission to say that.)

Eileen, even when I want to throw you from a balcony, I still thank God for you. LOL Even though I’m sure I never act like it I am thankful for your friendship and everything you do. I have no doubt that God placed you in my life to get me out of this box, to stretch me. I also know you worry about overstepping my boundaries… let me reassure you, even if I don’t like it, if I know it’s God I’m not going to fight it. And there was only once that I started to throw a tootsie roll at you… and I’m sure you can guess for what. (tootsie roll… inside joke people!) Thank you for your friendship… AND YOUR COUCH!!! (Leave me that couch in your will!!)LOL

Janice, awwww, Janice, do you know how special you are? I thank God for you. A year ago I met you for the first time and you said good thing about me after only knowing me a couple days, you liked me. You were the first person I ever believed that said good things about me. I thank God for the special friendship He has grown between us.

Ronie, I’m thankful for you. I’ve known you for such a short time and yet so easily do I open up to you… I have no doubt where to go when I need back up! I look forward to seeing how our friendship grows over the coming year.

Robin, yes I thank God for you too. LOL How could I not? You have to be the most twisted person I know and yet I trust you completely to pray for me. You make me laugh on a daily basis… God knows I need that… I’m to dang serious all the time!! (Yes I may bitch about you calling when you do but my day isn’t the same without your call waking me up. LOL)

Michelle, I thank God for this new friendship that God has shoved in my direction. You’ve quickly become an every day part of my life. (It’s because I’m cute, right? LOLOL) I can’t wait to see what He has in store for you this year.

Sammi, I’m thankful for you too. You won’t let me hide no matter how much I want too.

The Gal Pals, I thank God for y’all… well for y’all being y’all! Y’all were very accepting of me from the get go.

Claudia, I thank God for you. I don’t know you that well and yet God has given me a love and respect for you that is out of this world. Every word you write is a blessing to me in one way or another. Sometimes all it is is showing me I’m not crazy. (I look forward with great pleasure to see what God has in store for you in the next few years!)

Danica, I thank God for you too. You regularly kick my butt… you always tell me like it is. It's truly an honor to list you here with the friends that God has blessed me with.

Angie P, Mary G, Susan W, Rachel H, Rhonda G, Tracey B, Sharen, Marian, and Jan you’ve all blessed me in more ways then one in the last year, most of you have blogs that just blow my mind every time I read them (they speak to me, they soothe me, they make me laugh, they minister to me.) . Some of you are friends, some are just people that I have been blessed to meet, but you all bless me and I thank God for you.

Brandilyn C, I thank God for you every day. The fact that you pray for me and care is such a blessing. God has used you in my life more than once. You’re an extraordinary woman of God!

Okay that ends the friendship portion of the evening, I’m sure I’ve forgotten someone, it was not intentional. There are so many people in my life that you’re just going to have to take my word for it that I’m truly blessed and thankful in this area of my life, my cup runneth over.

I’m thankful for the author I work for, she’s brilliant. (Well hello she hired me didn’t she? LOL)

I’m thankful for this business that I’m all of a sudden a business partner in.

I’m thankful for ACFW. And this writing talent God gave me.

I’m thankful for ACCF.

I’m thankful for this relationship that God is drawing me closer in. For Him teaching me how to do this. I’m thankful that He is teaching me how to be worthy.

Oh! Let’s not forget Starbucks!!! LOL

Okay I could go on… and maybe over the next couple days I will but for now that’s it.

I’m very thankful for all of you that read my blog… even if you never comment.

Blessings y’all!!