What I have to be thankful for.

It's Thanksgiving morning and life is good.  I'm sitting with my family at my in-laws house, listening to it rain outside.  I should have went jogging this morning, but it was too tempting just to lay in bed with the wife, knowing in a few short minutes I would be up playing with my son.  That is the story I'm sticking too, but it could be that it's raining and it's 35 degrees outside.  At present I'm watching my son talk on an old cell phone, probably to his grandma.   Just watching him, I know what love it.   In a month I'm headed off to Niger Africa on Mission.  Excited, nervous, already missing my family; all these emotions are rolling around in my head.  If you would of told me 5 years ago I'd be going on a mission trip, well that is another blog entirely.  One of the biggest struggles with my faith is accepting and following God's Will.  I can truly say that this time I am following his will.  I didn't ask to go to Niger, but I'm going.  I haven't went yet, but I've already been blessed.  I came back from places like Afghanistan, Philippines, Mexico and other countries, understanding one thing.  Life is not about what you got, it's what you got that is important.  I know this is a confusing statement and it was meant to be.  In each of these places what I found were people that were happy.  They didn't have anything and yet they were smiling, laughing, joking; confusing. The bible tells us that physical or earthly things will rust or fade away, it is the non early things (Love) that is eternal.  Even though the people I came across in our travels were from some of the worlds poorest nations, they woke up knowing that they were alive and they were with family and friends.  With the economy the way it is, I can't be for certain I will keep my job, I can't be for certain my family will be able to live in the house that we are in or that we will be able to keep our new vehicle.  I sit here watching my wife kiss on my little boy, listening to my daughter complain about not being able to wake up her grandma.  I sit here realizing that I have everything I need right here with me now.  God has blessed me, I do have a lot to be thankful for.  The things I am thankful for are the things that are eternal, they can never be taken away from me, they will not rust or have to be replaced or upgraded.  I have the love of my family and the love of my Lord and Savior.  Today is going to be a great day I am going to be surrounded by family, the day will be filled with laughter and I'm going to smile.  Why should I smile, because there is a God and he has shown me what is important in life.  His love has allowed me to love and that love will last forever.