Giving Thanks

Sometimes, I think I take the things I own and the environment I live in for granted. With technology progressing and style changing I tend to want more and more. Every store I pass by I start to think I want that purse, or I want those pink shoes. In all of my window shopping, do I ever stop to think about all the things I have and about the wonderful Creator that blessed me with them and that I don’t need everything I see? Sometimes, its easy to get caught up in worldly things. I don’t think it’s wrong to own and maintain possessions, but when I start getting caught up in things I want and places I want to go; I feel like God is tapping me on the shoulder and saying Hannah did you talk to me, don’t you know I will give you the desires of your heart. Then it hits me, maybe I just need to have patience in God and give it all to him. I need to stop worrying and let God be in control.  I recently just read a book called "Humility" by author C.J Mahaney. He talks about thanking God for everything and just worshiping Him on a daily basis. I have been trying this new thing where I get up in the morning, listen to music, or read my Bible and it has been changing my entire attitude for the day and my performance at work.

I love my new job at UPS and God has been giving me a new perspective on life and people. As Thanksgiving approaches, I've started to write down the things I'm grateful about and look over them. I'm thankful for Jon, my family, Jon’s family, my friends, the color “pink,” people in general, my computer, the apartment I live in, the television set I own, the car I own, the job I got at UPS, and I'm especially thankful for life and that God picked me to be in this wonderful world. I am also thankful that we have soldiers that fight for our country. I am thankful for my grandfather Herbert Wengel that served in the United States Navy, my dad George Angel who served in the United States Navy, and my brother Jonathan Angel who serves in the United States Army.

I hope everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving day and weekend!

Love you all!

Hannah