A Thankful Heart

Today was the much dreaded first day back to work after almost two weeks off! Although it is always so hard to return after time off of work I am so blessed to work for an agency that values the holidays and closes over the Christmas season! It was so nice to get time to be at home, to spend quality time with my hubby, and to spend time with family and friends. During the past two weeks I got to spend time with some of those that I cherish most.
- One of the best friends stopped through briefly on her way home for Christmas. It was so wonderful for us to be together, and although the time was short-lived I am so thankful for that time. I am thankful for my best friends and the everlasting bond that we have.
- Coy and I were able to spend time with both sides of our family. Not only on Christmas Day but in the days surrounding it. We got to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday with an adult day out. We spent time laughing, lounging, and stuffing our faces.
- We rang in the new year with my sister and her family at our new house, which I continue to be thankful for everyday. We followed that up by getting together with my mom's side of the family at our annual New Years Day gathering. Although we don't see each other often I look forward to this day all year long. It did not disappointment this year and was filled with laughter, tears, hilarity, and catching up. A perfect way to enter into the new year with those that I love, those that have known me since the beginning, and those that I fill so many of my favorite memories!

I am so blessed by all that fills my life. I have the most caring, compassionate, loving husband. I have a family that is beyond amazing and are not only family, but are friends as well. I have friends which are nothing but a true gift from the Lord. And I have hope in the Lord. I do not know what 2013 holds for my life but I do know that the Lord has watched over me throughout 2012 and continued to shower me with blessings and I believe that he will do the same this year. Yesterday when gathering in prayer while at my family 'reunion' my cousin prayed already thanking God in advance for His victories in our lives. I want to choose today to wait in anticipation for the miracles of God, choosing to believe in his mercies even when my heart isn't fully committed to that belief. Because as I look back over my life there is no doubt that the Lord has never left my side. He has never stopped loving me and he has never stopped being faithful. I know that He will not stop now.

So here's to 2013...where my heart will continue to be thankful for all I have already been blessed with and where I will choose to already claim the new victories that are headed my way!