Thankful Thursday December 1st!

First let me start off by saying how happy I am that its finally December! December is one of my favorite months, not only do we get to celebrate Christmas, but throughout the month of December there is this amazing mood that seems to come over everyone. Ah I just love it! Anyway, Thankful Thursday. Let me just say that this week has been a crazy one, and there are so many blessings in disguise.

Youth Group: You will probably see this on almost every Thankful Thursday post because I am so very thankful for them! My youth group, as I have said before, means the world to me. They are like my family, really. These people are hilarious, fun, and amazing children of God. They are always here for me in hard times, and when I'm struggling, and they seem to know when that is. It just amazes me that I have them in my life.

The Random Struggles In My Life: God likes to do that to me, he likes to put random struggles in my life, and I'm not sure why, but I know there is a reason for it. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 Amazing, just amazing.

Understanding Math: This was for sure one of the big highlights of my school week. For the first time in my ENTIRE LIFE, I actually somewhat understood what we were doing in math. You know what this means? Thats right, I'm going somewhere in this world!

That God is ALIVE And Is Working In My Life: Yes, God is alive! No, he's not dead! Even better, he's living inside us! Whenever I think of this, I always think of that new Newsboys song, "Gods Not Dead (Like a Lion)" (Huge fan by the way) When it says "My Gods not dead he's surly alive he's living on the inside roaring like a lion" Ah I love it! The Holy Spirit, God, he's living inside me! "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever-the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him not knows him. But you know him, and he lives with you and will be in you." John 14:16-17 Crazy isn't it?! Oh man it just blows me away!

Amazing some of the things we can be thankful for. Somethings are obvious, while others may be in disguise. Either way, we should be thankful for them. God is good, God is oh so good!

Please enjoy this amazing Newsboys song. Oh I love them so much. Shout out to one of my good friends who is so in love with Michael Tait!