Count your Blessings

Thanksgiving has come and gone again... it is almost Christmas time and then it will be the beginning of a New Year.. TIme just never seems to slow down... ever.=) Celebrating this year was not like all years before.. my family was miles away. I wasnt even able to call them to wish them a Happy THanksgiving, but though unusual, it was a blessed thanksgiving time. I was able to share it with the friends that I have made here, and it was like being with a second family. I actually was able to celebrate it twice this year. Once on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, with my close friends in Sasolburg. My friend was so thoughtful and he made thanksgiving dinner because he knew that I hadnt been able to celebrate it. It was one of the nicest things ever. My second thanksgiving was spent here at the Baby home, with the Drews and other people from the church. Both times were so fun, and a time to just sit back and thank the  Lord for our many blessings. I am so overwhelmed with how much I have been blessed with. I can never begin to thank the Lord for everything he has given me, but My heart overflows with deep gratitude to him. Not only am I thankful for the big things, such as being here in South Africa, but I am so thankful for the little things that we all overlook so often. My health, salvation. life and breath for another day, his forgiveness of my sins, and I could go on and on.. But the one thing I am thankful for the most was/is my singleness. If I was not single, I would probably not have even been able to come here. Though there have been many times that I have resented being single and even wished and dreamed that my life would be different from what it was. I have learned to rejoice in the blessing that it is to be single. I am able to serve my Lord unhindered and with everything I have. Singleness is not a burden to bear under until it changes, it is a gift, given by the Lord to serve his own purposes. I am thankful for it. I would love to be married as well and serve him in that way. but right now, being single I can see is best and I am so thankful that I am. =)