Giving thanks

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!

OK, so I'm a day late. But I still wanted to use this week's post to express my thanks to our awesome God for:

* Dear friends to spend Thanksgiving Day with, even though TJ and I are far from our families. And amazing food. :) (Thanksgiving dinner is by far my favorite meal of the year!)
* A wonderful time for me at the conference I went to. I learned about a lot of great opportunities for me to use my degree and training to serve Him all over the world. TJ and I have a lot of opportunities to pray through now!
* The amazing roommate He blessed me with at the conference. She is an amazing faithful, world-traveling, adventuresome servant of God and I am so blessed to know her (and to be reading the book she wrote! Very inspiring!).
* Safe travel ... and providing a last-minute ride for me when I almost got stranded 80 miles from the airport the day I was supposed to fly home!
* The opportunity to visit with my parents before the conference started. (They live 600 miles away so I only see them once or twice a year.)
* My loving, faithful husband and his servant leadership; hard-working, affectionate, kind-hearted, and strong nature.
* The wonderful Siestas who read my blog and who encourage me so much through their own blogs, their comments on mine, and their faithful prayers!
* Healing from my car accident injuries. I'm still a bit sore, but so much better than I was 2 weeks ago!
* His patience with me and all the ups and downs I go through when it comes to loving and believing Him.
* Beth Moore's Whispers of Hope prayer journal, which I've just started using for my quiet times (as of yesterday). Have any of you done it?