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I think I have finally settled on an actual "title" for this blog. The editor hidden deep down inside me couldn't allow "Untitled" as the title much longer. It just didn't fit. So for now! I like the song, "Give Thanks" from which I derived the title.

Give thanks with a grateful heart
give thanks to the Holy One
give thanks because he has given Jesus Christ, His Son...

And as a grateful heart is what I am trying to cultivate, it is fitting.

Everything else could fade away and the one thing I am most thankful for will still remain. I am so grateful for the salvation that my Jesus brings to me. With out God I am just nothing. I am thankful that God sent His son to take my place so that I can go to heaven when I die and be with him.
Not only does He grant me salvation from hell, he gives me here in the present, peace, contentment, and joy even in the midst of the craziness of life. I still need to make a conscious effort to be joyful and thankful, but He has given it to me, so I want to experience it! It is in reach. This blog is a tool to help me be more aware of being thankful for the blessings in my life as well as just being thankful for the little "stuff." I think it is helping. There are times when I think of things I can write about for which I give thanks, but don't have an opportunity to write. I am thankful for so much more than what you see here.

It rather makes me chuckle to think that this is my first blog entry on Blogger...and yet I have been "blogging since June of 2007" (or thereabouts). Since no one will probably read this, I am not sure why I am writing. Most likely because I have nothing to say, I am tired, yet can't sleep, and there is something about having an empty blog with no actual entries that is bothersome. Like having a new journal with shiny clean pages that is just waiting to be filled up with thoughts and ideas.

I have a freewebs site. It isn't like I am not already blogging, I just do it somewhere else and for a specific audience. I post stuff there for my family and friends so that they can keep up on the growing grandkids...and I complain about bugs a lot there. I think I really need to stop complaining about the bugs. There is more to Hawai'i then bugs and roaches and bugs and roaches. There are lovely rainbows: which we got to see several on our rainy trip to the northshore on Saturday (which wasn't all rain. We actually did get some sun and had fun!). I have been thinking that I need to start counting my blessings and focusing on the positive aspects of living here.

The thought has also entered my head that my vocabulary is suffering. I am constantly with my kids who are 16 months(my girl) and almost FOUR years old (in two weeks: my son). My opportunities to use large words are not often. I have rather lost what I used use. I DO use "big" words for my kids, I can't help it, but I am still a far cry from college. yeah anyway, what did that have to do with this post? Oh, that is right. Doesn't help to journal in ones head and not write it down. I am trying to think of a purpose for this blog. And my writing seems so simple these days. Not a bad thing, since the point of communication is communication and being understood.

Well, I will leave you on that thought. Can't promise when I will be back, but I am sure the cry of blank pages will bring me back sooner than I expect. And maybe when I return I will have ideas and a purpose.