thankful

i am thankful we are over thanksgiving. i am also thankful to find that God continues to heal my heart even when i don't see it. as sad and unpleasant as family holidays can be, it was good to see that God continues to grow in me the grace to live with the fact that my family is not what God intended family to be. i am thankful that i no longer resent that, and that the sadness and pain i do feel in regard to my family only reminds me that God will give me grace to stay honest and transparent so that when i have my family we will build into eachother love and strength instead of destroying one another with our words, actions and secrets.

i have far to go, but this holiday was a reminder that He's given me a wonderful 'family' of friends that does not have anything to do with blood, but everything to do with true and honest relationship. my Father God has upheld me with His own hand and i am safe, loved, protected and cherished in Him. for that i am thankful.