this thankful Thursday is super calm

I seriously took this picture this morning! It's Deer Lake and is NOT a pond. It's  rarely this calm.

I was going to add to my list of what I'm most grateful for this week, but I have decided otherwise. My life is going so well that I am going to get out of myself and pray for others instead. Will you pray with me?

Let's see. I am actually thinking as I'm typing...

For some boys that will have their dad on their hearts tomorrow on his birthday.  He has been gone since November 21, 2011.

For a sister who is going to college in her forties. That she will continue to have Faith and that her brain will function at maximum capacity.

For marriages. I always pray for marriages because they are so darn hard.  We need God to help us learn what it is He is trying to teach us.

For a friend who is concerned about her health. She finally opened up to me about it the other night although she is very private. *For a "special intention" like they used to say at our church.

For a sister who helped another get a job. I pray she gets extra Blessed because of it and I pray the girl who got the job is able to focus and do her best.

For a deep desire for us to get closer to God, especially when things are going well.

For our children. That they will find peace and passion in their jobs and feel fulfilled and confident that they are making the world a better place because of their presence.

For all of the lonely elderly people. I heard a statistic the other day that said people are most lonely in their seventies.

That women all over the world will be content and comfortable in their bodies; that they will look in the mirror and love what they see.

For men to feel the same way.

For husbands and wives to treat each other like they would their friends; or better.

That we won't feel like "stuff" will make us happy.

For someone who could really be a better listener.

For the woman who is too afraid to share her true feelings with another friend and feels the need to wear a mask.

That families will sit at the dinner table together and talk about the best part of their day.

That we can have cookies and milk without feeling guilty.

For the teenager who doesn't feel like she "belongs."

That someone will take a different route when driving, so they will see God's beauty from another perspective.

For the girl who feels ugly today; that another woman will give her that much needed compliment and a smile.

Lord, I thank You so much that when my life is calm I see your beauty crystal clear and I'm twice as grateful.

I would be honored to pray for you. What is on your heart today?