Thankfulness

I have loved the song 10,000 Reasons (posted above if you have never heard it before or if you need a reminder of how awesome it is)  since the day I first heard it. When I went to Willow Creek with Mike this summer we were all encouraged to write three things that we were thankful for . Of course being the overachiever I am, I made a large list, but then people came around and gathered them. They then place them on stage where there were more than 10000 reasons  to praise God. It was an amazing site but I have failed once again to continue this thankfulness  It has been more difficult to be thankful  and happy with what I do have because I feel a loss of independence, don't have a nursing job, I'm not living where I want, I feel like I don't have very many if any girlfriends I can be completely open with or have deep conversations with about God and his greatness. I don't want to begin to have a deep conversation with some potential people that I haven been able to get to know deeply in the past because I know I'm leaving soon. But I have SOO much! I have a job at Hope Haven right now, I have food, but most importantly I have a God who loves and provides for me. I love the freedom to be able to talk about my faith openly whereas other Christians around the world do not have this freedom. Another thing that I take for granted is graduating college. I believe I am the first person in my family to get a Bachelor's degree. This is not a small accomplishment, but often times I make it smaller than it really is. I need to be more thankful for the wisdom that God gave me.

Update on the job search...the interview I had about a week and a half ago I felt went really well, but at the end of the interview was a time where I could ask questions. I found out they perform abortions at this hospital and knew right away that even though I would be working in ICU, I could not support a hospital that performs abortions so I declined the job. It actually was easier to turn down the job than I thought it would be despite it being one of the jobs I would love to have one day. I'm still waiting on the IL licenses