Moguls (thankfulness)

    

I'm kinda crazy about the mountains.

As in really crazy about the mountains.

But I live in Oklahoma. (I'll get to that in a minute)

Talking about Thankfulness here.
The Bible says to...
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
-Psalm 100:4

Good stuff.

When I was younger I remember my Mom always teaching us to enter into His gates with thanksgiving and praise then after you get in there worship God intimitely and passionately. She said thankfulness should be the first step in.
I was taught, taught, taught this. Yet, sometimes I forget it. I forget to be thankful. And when I forget to be thankful I feel like I can't get to God.
I want to enter his gates every day. I want to walk with Him and spend every waking minute with Him. I've got to be thankful all the time. Which leads to this. "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thess. 5:18. 
I saw someone tweet recently that thankfulness and depression can not co-exist. It's impossible to be truly thankful and discouraged at the same time. I think I would agree with that.
So now back to those mountains...

Ahhh... I really do love them so. I love skiing, I love the way they seem to smell. I love how they're so gorgeous you'd think it's a fake background. But, like I mentioned before, I live in Oklahoma (which does have a lot going for it with it's beautiful skies) no mountains though.
I could go one of two ways with this. 1 Be crumpy and sad that I don't have these alpine beauties in my back yard. 2. Be thankful for what I  have. I'm gonna go with the latter.
God can help us see things this way.He can help us be thankful. With his strength it's kind of like Pollyanna playing the "glad game", or the "glass is half full" type of scenerio.

I think to myself "man I sure would like to try skiing some moguls today"
Which could lead to me feeling bummed out.  Or...

When I go for a run I pretend these are moguls! haha.
I live in such a great place. It might not be on top of a mountain. But, it is on a little hill. Which in Oklahoma is kind of mountain'ish because you can see so far.

The view it's not to shaby.
But enough about mountains. The real thing to be thankful for is Christ no doubt.
Jesus says, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10
A full life for me isn't found in the mountains. It isn't found when the bank account is full. It isn't found when I finally have a great house to raise my kiddos in. It isn't found when every aspect of my life is perfect. A full life is found IN him. Everything, it's in Him. And I am so thankful.