Blessings

There have been so many times in my life when I have not been grateful; I have whined and complained when something wasn't "just right," or the "way I planned it." Since joining in the blogging community I have come across quite a few blogs of families that have gone through great struggles in their lives; struggles that I pray I never have to come across, such as loosing a child, or dealing with a horrible illness. Being grateful for what I have is something I need to work on. When I consider what I have gone through in my short 25 years and what I have seen others go through, I am ashamed to say that I have not been a very grateful and thankful person. God gives us trials in our lives and we can either fall into sin and and complain or we can bring glory to God by coming through our trial a stronger person. I have a beautiful baby boy and a loving husband who takes care of us and our needs, I have a caring family that loves me, I have a roof over my head and food in my kitchen. Has life always been easy? Have I never gone through trials? No, I have gone through trials, but God has always helped me through them.
Another reason I have been contemplating blessings is because this month is "Breast Cancer Awareness" month. Two years ago this fall, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. To be honest, I handled it in a way that I never thought I would; I didn't cry very much, and I really felt almost numb about it, and many times the thought "this will be overcome" went through my mind. Thankfully, my mom's cancer was "estrogen fed", the "best" kind of cancer to deal with and it was T1, or the smallest. She had surgery to take out the lump, they also took out some lymph nodes to check those and they were fine. She then went through 6 weeks of radiation and now has to take a pill for 5 years, to help keep any other cancer from growing. My mom just had a mammogram this past week and it was clear, she will have an MRI soon and if it is God's will that will be clear as well. God has definitely been with our family through this and we are thankful.
So, it is my prayer that I and those who read this will remember to be thankful in our lives, we will go through many trials but we still need to remember to be thankful for the blessings we do have and to remember to lean on God and trust in Him.