Feelin' thankful

As I drove home from work yesterday I was thinking about what it means to be thankful. I've grown to see thankfulness as a posture of the heart, as a choice of what perspective to invest energy. We live with an awareness to the reality of life's difficulties but we have also been given so much to be thankful for. Sunsets for instance! I am inspired by God's creativity with the sun and there was a beautiful sunset to enjoy on my drive home. It made me think of the breathtaking sunrise on Thanksgiving day my second year at Capernwray:

Posture of the body is something I've learned to be mindful of since bad posture in my job leads to strain in my arms. My body makes me constantly aware that there is an appropriate way to work and an inappropriate way. I need to acknowledge my bad posture and be proactive to correct it. We should apply the same thinking to the attitude of our hearts. Being aware of our propensity to see the bad and instead choosing to be thankful for the good.
On this Thanksgiving 2006 I am most thankful for my family. God has done an incredible work in bringing reconciliation and healing to my parent's relationship. Through the course of the last few years he has brought such blessing to my family behind a guise of pain. His intent: restoration and rich healing. Praise God for His relentless pursuit of us. For His earnest desire to transform us into the likeness of Himself.
Here we are at my cousins wedding reception in September

We both have sleeper-face because this was taken at Aaron's Birthday breakfast in August