In light of yesterday’s thoughts, I’ve been considering thankfulness a lot. 

I’ve loved doing these “Thankful Thursday” posts because they just always help me to stop and focus on how blessed I am.  And when I take the time to focus on that my whole attitude changes.

I had kind of a mind-boggling thought the other day while talking with my sister.  We were talking about getting bad news, and I started thinking about how one bit of bad news can send my whole day downhill.  Then came the revelation: what if I let one good thing in my day affect me positively to the extent that I let one bad thing affect me negatively?  How different would my days be.

So that’s my new challenge.  Dwell on the good.  I know it’s nothing we haven’t all heard before, but I think I’m just at a place in my life where I’m realizing how vital it is to choose to dwell on the good all of the time…in spite of the bad. 

Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praisworthy–meditate on these things.
Philippians 4:8

SO, as part of my new effort to dwell on the good, I have a little project. 

Hombre designed something new for me that I’m really excited about.

I’m kind of thinking of it as a daily journal (since I’m not so great at actually writing in one anymore). 

It’s a little place for me to focus on the good in every day.  There’s always something, even if it’s small.   And that’s what I want to remember…the good stuff.  The rest is just stepping stones for God to lead me closer to Him.  I want to remember the little gifts along the way.

So go check out my new little project and tell me what you think.

And on this  thankful Thursday, I am remembering a wish I made a couple of years ago…for my soon to arrive baby girl.  I wished for brown eyes.  Everyone in my house has blue eyes except for me, and I really wanted my (most likely) last baby to have brown eyes so we could match.

And look at this little brown-eyed girl God gave me.  Every time I look in her eyes it just blows me away.