Hello. My name is Mark. I live in a small southern town and have decided to document some of the true blessings that have and will come to my life. I guess I decided to name this blog For This I’m Thankful, because over the past few years I have noticed that in my life I seemed to always be in some kind of bad mood. My wife and kids would see me coming and would whisper ” here comes dad, and he doesn’t look happy”. I guess that I have focused so much on the negative of life, i.e the bills, the sicknesses, the failures in life, the regrets, etc that I realized that I have overlooked all of the true blessings that surround me on a daily basis. Even as I write this first entry, I sit in Awe of how much God has truly blessed me and how much I truly have focused on the “bad” and forgotten all of the “good” that inspires me everyday. I am a firm believer in Jesus Christ, a Co-Pastor of a small congregation, a full time working dad to some amazing kids and the husband to an “angel” of a wife for the last 23 years this month. As I start on this journey, I want to look back on some of those blessings that I had long forgotten. I want to be thankful in the here and now. I want to inspire people and be a light in this dark world. I want people to see Jesus Christ through me. I may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but as I write, I want people to have a place to come and experience hope and an occasional laugh. Maybe a tear also. So with this first blog I just want to say………………… For This I’m Thankful.
For This I'm Thankful 