On This Day

I love the new facebook feature "On this day". For those of you who aren't familiar with it, every day facebook shows you all of your posts from years past on today's date. Even though not all of the memories that pop up for me are happy memories, I love seeing how life has changed, where I was one, two, or seven years ago today, what was I doing, who was I with, what I was thinking... sometimes I wonder "what was I thinking?!" but overall it's a fun walk down memory lane every day! Lately I have been seeing a lot of my past blog posts. A few years ago I took Ann Voskamp's "Joy Dare" and wrote (most) everyday about 3 things I was thankful for. Ann's book One Thousand Gifts changed my life during a time when I needed it to be changed, and her challenge to be grateful everyday is something that has stuck with me to this day.
As I have been reading my old blog posts I have been so thankful that I took the time to write down both what I was thankful for and what God was teaching me in the midst of a hard trial. It's important that we record the work of God in our lives, life is full and busy and time flies by so fast and it's way too easy to forget where we've been and Who brought us to where we are. I also so enjoy reading my friend's blog posts, I love reading what God is doing in other's lives and how they are growing and learning. We can learn a lot from each other and life is full of joy when we can walk through our trials together!
Well, the moral of that story is that I have been convicted that I need to take the time to write again! It's not easy and it's time consuming, but I have been reminded of the importance of it. Our God is so good and He is constantly working, I don't want to forget any of His work in my life, I want to record it so I can remind myself of it when I am tempted to doubt and I want to tell my future children stories of His goodness, so many stories of His goodness!
I don't have a ton else to say today, other than to tell you that I excited to clue you in over the next days, weeks and months to what God has been teaching me. Man do I continue to have so much to learn, and re-learn, and re-learn again! But I know I am in good company and I am so thankful for the people I get to do life with.