"Because I am a Child of God...

I'm thoroughly blessed."

The CentriKid fan page on facebook had "Because I am a child of God" as their status on facebook today. Below it said finish this sentence. That really got me thinking. Of course I ran through about a million different things that I'm able to do because I'm a child of God. The one that really stuck out to be was that I'm now thoroughly blessed. Just like I do at Thanksgiving, I think about all the reasons that I'm blessed. God is most definitely at the top of the list. I know that because of Him, I'm able to be blessed, but I also consider myself blessed to know Him personally...if that even makes any sense. I'm super thankful and super grateful for everyone I know in my life. Even the people that I don't necessarily talk to or get along with. The fact that they're in my life means something. They have stuck by me through thick and thin, and for that, I'm thoroughly blessed.

I love flipping my bible open to a random page and finding a verse that sticks out to me more than any others. When I'm feeling down or sad or angry or ANYTHING else, I find myself doing that. I haven't always done that, but lately, it makes me feel so much better. Even if the verse doesn't have anything to do with how I'm feeling, just knowing that particular verse has meaning to help someone in the world is enough for me. I've recently learned to stop being so selfish about my feelings, and start putting others before me. I used to be so selfish and always want to turn the conversation to me, but I've learned to stop doing that. I care more now about how other people are feeling. I think, in order to be happy with myself, I have to know that others are happy, and put my trust in God. Seeing others happy makes me happy in turn, and knowing God is up there, watching over me, makes me the happiest of all.

More tomorrow, yall. Love this crazy life.