Thankfulness....

Let me be honest and say that today has been a difficult day...Why? I have no idea. My hormones have been in full bloom and I have shed tears today. Thankfully the Lord knew in His Sovereignty that today would be difficult and he sent many of my friends here to visit with me today! Two wonderful friends this morning with Starbucks in hand...then my sis... and and three more visits this evening.
I thought I would take a day that has been difficult and just be thankful to the Lord. I have shared some pictures below of one of our Thanksgiving traditions that I haven't shared before. We take an ordinary coffee can, decorate it and call it our Thankfulness Can. I usually plan this activity around the first of November. We also cut strips of construction paper that lay beside the decorated can in a conspicuous place in the house. Everyday and sometimes multiple times a day anyone in the family can write something that they are thankful for on the strips of paper and place them in the can. During our Thanksgiving dinner we pull the strips out one by one and read the things we are thankful for and pray thanking God for his goodness over the past year. We then take the strips, make them into a chain and decorate our Christmas tree with our Thankfulness chain. I didn't show a picture of that and will have to see if I can find one to share. This is a wonderful tradition that I found while trying to keep our holiday's Jesus focused. So, I will just choose to praise the Lord today for His good and perfect gifts that are from above!
Blessings,
Missy