Thankful Thursday #218!

"Now may the LORD show steadfast love
and faithfulness to you." ~2 Samuel 2:6a

Today, I am thankful for:

1.  This Bible and bookmark rest on the table by the cotton-candy pink couch in my bedroom.  I rarely open a physical Bible anymore (mostly use the audio Bible app and podcasts and BibleHub website)... but even reading this bookmark felt timely and encouraging for me!

2.  Today's Verse of the Day also felt encouraging... I'm thankful my Zoom interview went well, and I'm praying for God's guidance and peace in this situation!! ❤

3.  Supportive, Godly friendships with these women (pic = Amy's Instagram post) + Amy setting up a weekly meeting for us and some of the awesome men of CCU in 2025 + CCU setting up "The Remnant Counselor Collective" for alumni Christian counselors to meet up with professors and colleagues to discuss questions and encourage each other!!

4.  Submitting my final major assignment Tuesday night at our family dinner, then submitting my final discussion post late last night - Seeking Wisdom felt like the perfect final discussion topic, and I love that we're ending on Session 7 (the number of completion), and that this is grad school class #24 in 2024!!  So many little things that I'm taking as nods from God lately. ❤

5.  I'm in an uncharacteristically celebratory mood with the ending of school... thankful for lots of fun new things… but between the new removable hair extensions, ordering several shirts on Amazon for the CCU photoshoot, big Christmas gifts for the niece and nephews + fun things for me on Cyber Monday sales, and randomly booking an NYC Christmas trip, this meme feels very true right now! #nomore #mustavoidallads

6. Thankful for our 15 years and 2 months with Reagan, aka "RayRay" to most of the fam and "Moose" to me!  She lived a good, long life then had a very rapid decline with kidney failure.  She died in my parents' backyard and Dad and Alan buried her body out there late last night.  She's always been sweet and skittish (warm with the fam, but anxious around most people), and she's my favorite of the dogs Mom and Dad have had - just look at her fluffy gray self with one blue eye and one brown!  ...RIP, Miss Moose! ❤

Now they're together again in Heaven! ❤
(And yes, I 100% believe pets go to Heaven, and John Eldredge does too.)

7.  A fun Wednesday lunch and catch-up with Kristin Michelle, who was nice enough to suggest and drive to the Norman Hideaway when I'd forgotten it existed! lol

That's all for today, friends!

❤ ❤ ❤