Thankful Thursday

Part of devoting myself to prayer with an alert mind means opening my eyes to all I have to be thankful for.  When I pay attention I realize that God not only provides my needs, he provides my wants as well!

Things I've been thankful for in the past week:
1. A plane ticket to visit Kimmy Sue at the end of May!
2. A lunchtime visit with a friend
3. Great revelation/breakthrough from God
4. Encouragement from a beautiful sister in Christ
5. Thrifty's ice cream
6. Days spent at the park
7. Shady parking spots
8. Friends who take care of your phone when you leave it their house for 2 days
9. Baptisms!
10. Kayaking on the Consumnes River (upstream both ways :-/ )
11. Opportunities and opening doors
12. Psalm 57
13. Good conversations with good people
14. Delicious skillet potatoes and turkey sausage for under $2
15. A job for a friend
16. Soft pretzels
17. My parents
18. Morning-time prayers

When Opportunity Knocks!

You know that feeling you get when you're on the brink of something amazing?  That's me today!  God has recently been opening my eyes to how deeply passionate I am about certain things.  Dancing and writing are no longer simply things I like; it's becoming impossible not to devote time to them. I have always known I liked this stuff, but I'm now realizing that these passions were planted in my heart by God for specific reasons.  I don't know what those reasons are yet, but things are about to happen.  There are some really amazing opportunities just past the tips of my fingers.  Mark my words - this is going to be the summer of opening doors!

It's becoming more and more apparent that God delights in giving me the desires of my heart.  I line up my heart with His, He plants the desires, and then I get to watch them blossom as He fulfills them!