Be Thankful With Me?

Last year, my November was one of the craziest months of my life. I was in full-fledged wedding planning mode, I was cleaning out my house to make room for Ryan to move his things in, I was continuing a busy pace at work, I was trying not to eat so I could fit into my dress, and probably a hundred other things on the side that I don't even remember.

Know what sort of fell to the wayside?

Being thankful.

Perhaps I should rephrase that. Oh I was thankful. I am actually not sure I was ever more thankful in my life than I was that month. Thankful for dreams come true. Thankful for answers to prayer. Thankful for love. Thankful for a full, rich life.

But I wasn't purposely thankful. I didn't have the time to put toward pausing to look at each area of my life to be thankful for what God had done.

And this year...I want to. This year I want to spend the month of November being intentionally thankful. To pause...even though my life is as crazy busy {different details, same craziness} as it was last year...and push my heart toward gratitude.

To say out loud to people in my life, "Hey...thank you for the investment you made in me."

To read words in Scripture that center my heart around thankfulness.

To tell my Beloved Abba how thankful I am for all He has done - the blessings and the pruning.

To change my thinking so that my mind just settles into thankfulness and allows me to focus on the many, many blessings I have.

To be thankful out loud.

And since I'm a fan of having friends on the journey...I just wondered...would you like to join me? You don't have to answer out loud. No quizzes. No accountability checks. Just an invitation to come along in the thankful journey. I would love it if you accepted.

I'm not going to change the format of the blog for the month of November. It will still be what it always is. But at the end of each day, I'll add a little note at the bottom...a verse and an idea of someone to thank. Maybe it will inspire you to have an intentionally thankful season!