Thankful

Katie challenged her fellow bloggers to list the top 100 things they're most thankful for.

I kinda got silly halfway through (I know, you're shocked) but here goes:

1. God existing
2. God loving me
3. Salvation
4. Jesus’ temptation (so He knows what I go through)
5. The Spirit’s indwelling
6. Hubby’s love
7. Hubby’s faithfulness
8. Hubby’s passion toward God
9. Hubby’s passion toward kids
10. Hubby leading spiritually
11. Hubby’s willingness to be humble
12. Hubby’s inclination to go to prayer first
13. Godly parents
14. A godly brother
15. A home
16. The ability to bless others with our home
17. God’s protection over our home
18. God’s presence in our home
19. A home church
20. A passionate and upstanding pastor
21. Elders who have character and integrity
22. A Bible study group
23. A great band
24. Great ministry leaders
25. The fact that the Holy Spirit falls each week at our church (gets goosebumps)
26. God’s provision through PartyLite
27. My PartyLite leader
28. My PartyLite friends
29. The hostesses and guests I’ve met through PartyLite
30. The ministry I’ve been a part of through PartyLite
31. The new plants in my garden 
32. My kitty
33. My fishy
34. The fact that my puppy found a good home  
35. Chocolate
36. Lasagna
37. Cheese in general
38. Crème Bruleè
39. Ice cream sandwiches
40. Good weather
41. BBQ (Midwestern-style)
42. BBQ (Pulled pork, Southeastern-style)
43. Berries
44. Plums
45. Peaches
46. Trifles
47. Coffee
48. Italian sodas
49. Chai
50. Bobotie
51. All my amazing girlfriends
52. How God uses my amazing girlfriends to get my butt back in line 
53. God’s redemption
54. My Sunday School kids
55. The privilege of God trusting me with teaching His children
56. God being a Hosea to this Gomer
57. America’s religious freedom
58. The fact that I can own a Bible and not get gunned down
59. The right to vote
60. Actually, civil rights, in general
61. Literacy, even
62. Health
63. Employment
64. Love
65. Joy
66. Peace
67. Patience
68. Kindness
69. Goodness
70. Faithfulness
71. Gentleness
72. Self-Control
73. The fact that people taught me when I was a kid how to name the Fruits of the Spirit
74. The insight I’ve gained into Song of Solomon
75. Humor
76. The violin
77. The piano
78. The guitar
79. Voice
80. Music theory
81. Tchaikovsky
82. Vivaldi
83. Benny Goodman
84. Newsboys
85. Jimmy Needham
86. Stellar Kart
87. Relient K
88. Joy Williams
89. Rachmaninoff
90. Almost being done with this list
91. The new fruits and veggies in our garden
92. Getting the house to myself this whole weekend
93. Mentoring my friend from the youth group
94. Pomegranates
95. Sleep
96. Our BBQ grill
97. Any time I don’t have to listen to country music
98. My work “mommy” who always takes care of me
99. Ice cream sandwiches (did I say that already?)
100. The ways God constantly moves in my life