This morning as I was cleaning the kitchen and looking for a new home for my new food processor, thank you sweet husband, I came across an idea I had a year ago. It was a thankful jar. The idea was that every day there ought to be something you are thankful for, maybe a special blessing, maybe something that is there everyday and it just hit you how thankful you are for it or them. It didn't really even have to be added to daily - maybe just weekly or when you really had something to put in there. And as papers are added to the jar it fills up and at the end of the year you can see what God has been doing in your life. How He was there and worked in your days. I decided since it's the 30th of December, it was ok to sit and read through them.
The first thing I saw was how little contributions were in my jar. This isn't to say that there weren't a million things I was thankful for, it's just that I didn't write them down. I pulled out a few and started readying. Wow! It brought me to the moment I wrote them down. Some I had forgotten had happened and some I don't know what prompted me to write them.
It was for sure the hardest year I have had to go through. The passing of my dad in April was very difficult. And every "first" without him is very hard. I think that threw me off course a bit. Not away from God. No, I clung to Him with all I am!! But it set things in a motion that was not my usual course. Not as focused. Not on my game so to speak.
There were 2 entries from my husband, but no one else. I think even though it didn't gather the interest of others to participate, I may do it again. It's still a great idea. I still think it is important to remember where we have been, what God has done, how we have pulled through difficult parts of life. That helps us in where we are going and what is coming towards us. Those little pieces of paper helped me see in words what I felt this year. Yea...I'm going to try it again.
