Okay, so I know that Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas frenzy is in full swing, but I am a huge fan of Thanksgiving and so I will try and prolong it just a little by doing a Thanksgiving post this late. Of course, if you know me at all, you know that I'm a little late on everything! Anyways, I was thinking the other day about all the things I'm thankful for and I had this strange emotion. It felt alot like guilt. I don't know, it was weird. I just thought, "Lord, I have so much!" It's almost embarrassing how many material things and comforts I have. And well, all that my kids have is just plain obscene! I began to think about all the people who do not have all the "things" I have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Well, just then, I turned my iPod on. (Again, if you know anything about my life at all, you also know that God is in my iPod!) I don't even remember what song it was but the thought hit me, there are things that EVERYONE can be thankful for whether you have little or much. The songs kept coming and so did the list of things we can ALL be thankful for. So here ya go--"Things I Am Thankful For" brought to you by the infamous Spirit controlled green iPod:

Freedom in Christ-He has purchased and pardoned me and bound to Him I am truly free
God's patience when I possess freedom in Him yet still choose imprisonment
He fights my battles for me
He makes all things new
He never lets go of me
The hope of heaven
His grace to give me wonderful gifts that I don't deserve
His sweet forgiveness and mercy in withholding from me what I do deserve
That we can trade our sorrows, our sickness, our pain, our shame for the joy of the Lord
Peace that doesn't make sense in our circumstances
His love that is perfect and unfailing and beyond our imagination
God is unchanging
He holds everything in His hands yet He still makes time for me
When the stress of this life weighs on me and my dreams are laying ruined before me-His love feeds my soul-it is truly "better than life"
God knows how to keep a promise and He keeps ALL His
That we can come into His presence, right up to His very throne without fear
His blood has provided my healing and it flows freely over the mercy seat where I am welcome anytime
He is our shelter from the storm
He is a shield for me, my glory and the lifter of my head
He hears me when I call to Him
Salvation by His mercy and transformation by His love

OK-so I could go on all day and only scratch the surface. BUT, I would like to make this a participatory post. Take a few minutes and prolong Thanksgiving with me. Think of something that EVERYONE can be thankful for and add it to this post by putting it in the comment section. Let's encourage each other AND show a little love to poor little looked over Thanksgiving. Can't wait to see what you write!