A Humbling Thought

So I know it's officially Christmas season…but I've had this thought on thankfulness on my brain & thought I'd write it out.  Work with me here, I'm not one of too few words & sometimes it gets a bit jumbled :)

The other day while driving in the car I felt this HUGE rush of thankfulness pour over me.  I actually thought to myself- I am literally SO blessed that I don't think I could even list all the things I'm thankful for because they wouldn't even come to my mind.  Let me explain this a little more.  A couple weeks ago I wrote down 30 things that I am thankful for.  Yes, I AM thankful for them, BUT- have you ever realized that God gave you this life of blessings & sometimes you don't even see the blessings or know that you were blessed at that time?

For example, Nate & I were in the car discussing whether we truly rely on God, or if it is just something that we say, but we really believe that we can control our situations for the most part. Then we got to thinking that what if we think we are controlling things by making certain decisions, when in all reality, if God hadn't blessed us in the certain way He did at the time…we'd be in such a different place.  

Nate laid it out like this…What if we think that we need to do (insert any type of activity here) in order for us to fill the "plan" God has for us, yet we don't realize that God made us get there safely, God gave us the health to get up and go,  and God gave us the mind to be able to speak and live out this "plan".  Have you ever thought just once: woah…God totally made me leave my house 5 minutes earlier because otherwise I could have been in a car wreck and died? I'm not talking just saying thanks for a safe trip…but to literally imagine that God protected you from something that you didn't even KNOW was going to happen.  {FYI...I'm not saying that God makes you late, although that would certainly help my case in my tardiness issue} This is just an example to explain that God protects us & blesses us when we don't even realize it.  This idea holds true in millions of different ways, not just the example above.

I am SO blessed that, even if I tried, I couldn't list all the ways that I have been blessed! That's a humbling thought.  However, God did this on purpose so that we are humbled and strive to learn more about the blessings he has given us.  I am beyond thankful for my life and I want to strive to see as many blessings in my life, so that I can properly thank my sweet Jesus.

Anyways…just a peek inside my brain.

xox,

Naomi