“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in number, wealth, and power as no other Nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God who made us.
“It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended power, to confess our … sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”Great words from a great man. I'd like to share with you all what I am grateful for in my life. I contemplating making separate lists, but I think I'll go for it all in one:
What I'm Thankful For:
- God
- A Knowledge that He exists, and that He knows me
- His guidance in my life
- A Savior
- His atonement
- Two parents who love each other and love me
- Three crazy and wonderful siblings
- A great and hilarious extended family
- Good health
- My grandpa's good recovery
- Beautiful seasons and weather
- The opportunity to get higher education
- Support and encouragement from my family to get an education
- Hard (but interesting) classes
- Easy (but fun) classes
- Crazy friends who make me laugh incessantly
- Wal-mart
- Gelato
- Waffles
- Joe's Barbeque
- All kinds of good food- and that I can eat them
- Family traditions
- Enjoying family time even when we don't do the traditions
- Snow
- Rain
- The beautiful flowers and trees and mountains of BYU campus
- Art
- Music- oh the wonders of music
- Freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, freedom of assembly- Freedom.
- A nation that, with all its faults, is still founded on and seeks for goodness and justice
- Leaders who, despite their faults, seek for goodness and justice
- A gospel of peace
- Inspiration and revelation
- Teachers who have taught me well and made me work and wonder
- Books, and the ability to read them
- Financial security in troubled times
- My cats
- My bestest friend Jessica
- An eternal perspective
- Thanksgiving, so I'm forced to think every year about all the many many things I am so truly grateful for.
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