Well, I don't think that I have ever just sat down and written out my heart on here...kind of a silly thing if you really think about it. MySpace- even the very word is silly. lol A space that's mine. How cool is that.

I was thinking about the word "mine" this morning on the way to work and it was the first time in a while that I had actually really thought about it. Normally we think "that is mine" or "I wish that was mine". But this morning I was listening to Casting Crown's song, "In Me" and I heard the line,

" How refreshing to know You don't need me
How amazing to find that you want me "

It really made me think about how much God really does want us. We ARE his, but He gives us the choice to recieve Him as our personal Savior and Lord, or we can deny Him.  How wonderful to know that God looks at me and says "she is mine!"

Thinking back on every selfish thought, want or 'need' it always amazes me that God would want me! After everything that I (or all of us really) have done it IS refreshing to know that He doesn't need us, but still wants us. Glory to God! He is so good to me and I am amazed at His infinate wisdom and power everyday! I am so thankful that I serve a risen Savior that cares for me in that way!!

Everyone has their reasons for being happy...some more than others, but still-everyone is at least one time in their life incandesantly happy!

My reasons would have to be:

BRAD!!, little children, thunder and lightening storms, roses, the crispness of fall time, quality time spent with my dad, long talks about "life" with my mom, diamond earings, breadsticks at the Olive Garden, brand-spanking new Sharpie pens, stamps that you have to lick, office chairs that roll, full moons, riding horses on the beach, teaching small children how to cook, playing the piano, reding books, the smell of new horse tack, "Pork Chop" lol, red-handled scissors, the smell of bbq, 4th of July, visiting my grandmother in the nursing home, coloring kids coloring books, ballet flats, hot cocoa, the long eyelashes on a baby calf, the color pink, making daisy chains, skipping rope, listening to a river flowing, sunrises, sunsets, laughing until you can't take it anymore, the way couples in love look at each other, the smell of Old Spice, velcro shoes :), parades, cotton candy, lady bugs, but most of all....

GOD!!

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!!!!!

I am thankful for the wife who says its hotdogs tonight, because she is home, not with someone else.

For the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes, because that means she is at home, not on the streets.

For the taxes that I pay, because it means that i am employed.

For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.

For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I have enough to eat.

For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the sunshine.

For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, gutters that need fixing, becuase it means that I have a home.

For all the complaining I hear about the government, because it means that we have freedom of speech.

For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with transportation.

For my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.

For the lady behind me in church that sings off key, because it means that I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have clothes to wear.

For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, becuase it menas I have been capable of working hard.

For the Alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means that I am alive.

An finally.......for too much email, because it means I have friends who are thinking of me!!!!