So I think life is hard?

Dear Friends,
I am sitting in an airport in Halifax looking just past the runways to the beautiful green of the forests that cover the country. I just spent a week on vacation, and I had SO much fun! However, I learned a very important lesson (don't i always? :P) If I am leaving home behind so that I can relax and enjoy myself, it won't work if I take my "home-worries" with me :) The first several days, I had a mental checklist in my head of what I had to do when I got home, and so, instead of enjoying myself, I worried. I'm a worrier. I admit it. I spend way too much time worrying about what is going wrong in my life, and definitely not enough time thanking the Lord for the blessings in my life. I read this verse this morning, and I thought it was appropriate :)
Romans 8:37 - But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

I don't need to worry, He has promised that I will overwhelming conquer THROUGH HIM!

So, i decided to think through just a small list of "thankfuls"

1. Jesus' sacrifice
2. family
3. God's encompassing love
4. detail in nature -  so obviously created :)
5. accountability through the body of Christ
6. friends that make me laugh
7. peaceful photographs
8. smiling children
9. kindnesses I don't deserve
10. drinkable water
11. my bed
12. the ability to be educated
13. language
14. beads
15. my sister
16. protection granted to me by police, firemen, doctors, anyone who can save my life...
17. hope of heaven
18. airplanes :P
19. the internet (Facebook ;P)
20. chairs with stuffing
21. Ted, my bear :D
22. the human brain
23. pianos
24. tiny babies
25. my passport
26. the elders in m church
27. people who challenge my walk with God
28. hymns
29. people that make me laugh
30. Starbucks coffee
31. a job
32. electricity
33. thrift stores
34. the theory of relativity
35. fire estinguishers
36. clocks
37. interesting books
38. colorful shells
39. swimming pools
40. my skin
41. indoor plumbing
42. backpacks
43. rain boots :D
44. California
45. poetry that makes you think
46. zippers
47. crutches - even when they hurt
48. chap stick
49. the Milky Way
50. my doggy <3

I could go on forever, but I am about to board the plane :)

To often, I forget to be thankful. I constantly have to remind myself that I HAVE something to be thankful for, forgetting that I have so much to be thankful for. What are you thankful for?

With Love,

Marilla