Thankful for the small things....

I was just thinking this morning that we don't always remember to thank God for the small day to day blessings. Sure, we are full of thanks when He answers a prayer for us that brings the miracle of healing. We thank Him when He pulls us up out the valley of despair by solving a crisis in our life. We thank Him for getting us through a situation that is our own fault because of the choices we make. But sometimes we just take the day to day tiny blessings for granted. 

So what made me think of that today? Going to the grocery store. Yes, the store. I had a list of things I need for my personal Thanksgiving meal and our work dinner. So I went to get them. Since I go to the same store all the time and all the items were things I buy a lot, I know the prices. I was expecting my total with tax to be a little under $50. So I go to the store and go through my list and get everything I need. I kept seeing the sale prices but didn't pay it a lot of attention other than "Oh cool. It's on sale." When I checked out, my total was $33.46. I had saved $12.49. Woo hoo! I bought 19 things and 19 things were on sale! Gotta love shopping at Food City with their value card.

Then I went to get gas at their gas station. Used the points on my value card for gas discount of .15 cents per gallon. Since it is Wednesday I was allowed to use two for double the discount. So I got gas for $1.95 a gallon today. I am think that those two trips actually were blessings from God.