Things I'm thankful for today:
That somehow, someway, God called me back from a life of unbelief, so that I can worship Him and have His abundance in my life;
That my parents taught me while growing up that it is good to love the Lord, and whose influence had a big role to play in the calling mentioned above. When I knew God's call had to be answered, I knew what to do, thanks to the truth my parents gave me in my youth.
I'm thankful for a loving wife, Amy, who has faced off with a lot of uncertainties and fears about having a child, and is now willing and eager to be a mom to a child who needs one.
I'm thankful that we have the means to do this adoption, especially since we didn't quite have it all at the beginning of the process a year ago! Of all the years to have a bull market, this one was particularly well-timed.
I'm thankful for a supportive and enthusiastic church that supports Amy and me, and our family.
I'm thankful for a wonderful country, our own United States of America, with its freedoms and opportunites.
It's good to be thankful, and let me just add something here that might not be said enough: give someone out there, perhaps someone you don't even know, a reason to say "Thank You" to you.
Happy Thanksgiving!