A Magnolia's Heart Beats

God bless Iris for hosting this wonderful meme. Every day is a great day to be thankful to God, but Thursday's have gotten really special to me lately...I love Thankful Thursday's. Pop on over to her place by visiting the link on the button at the top of this page and see what she and the other ladies who are participating are thankful for. You will surely be blessed!

The verse Irene chose is this:

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own
understanding.”~ Proverbs 3:5 (ESV)"

My main trust is in God alone. If I tried to get by own my own understanding I would end up as putty on the floor. I just couldn't move, or if I did I'd probably go down a drain or something. I'd be that bad without Him. I trust Him in the big decisions as well as the small. I fail, as you can see from my WFW post below, but I dust myself off and try again. I'm learning to trust on Him more and more often, though.

I'm so thankful that I know God and that I can trust in God. There are others I trust on earth, my husband Steve, Mother, my sister, my best friend, the WOW Gals, assorted family and friends.

I'm thankful for lots more this week, too.

~ My sister has about a month to go in her pregnancy and she's doing great. God is to be praised! Ethan should be born August 19. ~

~ I'm thankful for Brooke, my cousin, who is helping me host a baby shower for her next Saturday at my grandmother's house. I could NOT do it on my own. Brooke rocks. She's so creative and has been a huge blessing to me. ~

~ God bailed me out of a bad decision and didn't make the consequences too terribly bad. He is to be praised, indeed! ~

~ God led me to Kelley at Aroma of Joy, who designed a beautiful blog for me. I love it. I thank God for her - she's awesome, and her blog has really blessed me. ~

~ My uncle had some tests done that were clean - no sign of cancer in his body anywhere. He starts his treatment this week, if it came in, so please pray for minimal side effects. He will take 2 pills every day at home. ~

~ God has given me the opportunity to meet some wonderful ladies on-line. I am going through a spiritual growth spurt because of the wisdom of this wonderful blogging community. It's exciting, a little scary, and fun! I have grown closer to Christ because of ya'll. Thank God and thank you. ~

~ I still thank God for air-conditioning, though I'll only mention it once this week. Ya'll, it is HOT in Mississippi! ~

~ Finally, I'm thankful for my husband. He is such a trooper! I had a hysterectomy 8 years ago but still have my ovaries. About three times a year, just out of the blue, they decide to lay eggs or something and my hormones get the best of me. My nerves have been frayed for the last 2 days and I have PMS worse than I've ever had before. He has been so sweet to me. I'm thinking he'd prefer to slip me a mickey but he just goes right alone, acting like my weird mood is normal. Yeah, that was probably TMI, but I'm truly thankful he hasn't gotten bent out of shape at my being out of sorts. I have cried more in the last 2 days than I have in the last 2 years. ~

Now, go read other Thankful Thursday's while I go find the kleenex while I continue to thank God and cry for all that He's given me. I am blessed.