Thanksgiving is on its way!!!

Okay everybody I am just trying this out so I guess I haven't really settled into my blog style or whatever. There is so much coming up in my life where do I start??????

I guess I would like to start with Thanksgiving. My all time favorite holiday is coming up and I think to really get a full Thanksgiving experience it takes a lot of preparation. Its Oct 21st and I would like to ask whoever might read this......What are you thankful for and are you cultivating an attitude of gratitude????

Well for for starters the Word says that every good and perfect gift comes from the Lord. So with that in mind......Heres my list of what I'm thankful for today.

1. God's grace
2. My amazing friends


The phrase God's grace is so far reaching. Initially I'm thankful for the forgiveness of my sins and the Lord emparting grace to me. The Lord could forgive us our sins and leave it at that but because he is graceous and loving he extends to us beauty in so many forms.

I live on Maui ...... nuf said!!!! :)

I also find remarkable beauty in the people around me. I know some of the most amazing people on this planet. In December 2005 I ran the Honolulu Marathon and I had this exceptional group of people fly over to Oahu with the sole purpose of cheering for me. To this day that blows my mind. They woke up with me at 3am and then met up with me at lots of different points throughout the race. There were no casual cheers there was whole hearted, bust a gut, scream your heart out, uninhibited sheer insanity when I would pass them on the marathon route. Literally the other runners would stare at me and ask me how much I paid my friends. HA HA HA HA!!! The entire day I was overcome with emotion for so many reasons one being I felt so loved. Anybody could run 26.2 miles with friends with like mine! They are truly a treasure and I praise the Lord everday for these people.

WOW I have so much to be thankful for!!!! :)