1,001 reasons I’m thankful

This could also be called the incomplete, small slice of the pie list of blessings. Or it could be called the massive “stream of consciousness because I’m thankful for almost everything” list.

Take your pick.

I started out to make a list of 10,000 reasons. While I didn’t make it quite that far, I certainly could have. You’re probably not interested in reading every single one of them though.

Instead I whittled it down to 1,001 blessings, which included the first that made the list and some suggestions from a few friends.

But as it is, this list stretches over 22 pages.

The purpose in posting this is simply to give you some ideas and hopefully spawn some thankfulness. Many of the reasons for thanksgiving could apply to you as well as they do to me. Take it then as inspiration for a list of your own.

So without further delay, I give you…

1,001 Reasons I’m Thankful

I’m thankful for/that…

1) My God is real
2) God never changes
3) God never lies
4) Jesus loves me
5) The Bible is true
6) I’m a Christian
7) Random things in life
8) The tools to handle chaos
9) My father is still alive
10) My father loves me
11) My father is a pastor
12) My mother is still alive
13) My mother loves me
14) My parents are still married
15) I have a brother who is about two years younger than I am
16) I have a brother who is about five years younger than I am
17) I have a sister who is about ten years younger than I am
18) My sister constantly wants to play with me
19) I have a brother who is about seventeen years younger than I am
20) I have an aunt who worked for NASA
21) I have an uncle who ran an Iron Man race
22) Three of my grandparents are alive
23) Two of my step-grandparents are alive
24) Christopher Columbus decided to take a trip to the Indies by sailing West
25) Leonardo De Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
26) The United States Civil War did not separate my country permanently
27) The Spanish celebrated Thanksgiving in 1565
28) The Pilgrims decided to start celebrating Thanksgiving Day
29) The earth hasn’t exploded
30) The earth is positioned a perfect distance from the sun
31) I have seen a tornado
32) I have not been killed by a tornado
33) Nothing I have ever owned has been destroyed by a tornado
34) I have felt an earthquake
35) I have not been killed by an earthquake
36) Nothing I have ever owned has been destroyed by an earthquake
37) I have never been caught in a hurricane
38) The sun allows flowers to grow
39) There is water on earth
40) There are four seasons in Kentucky were I live
41) Rain sometimes falls in the summer
42) Snow can be made into snowmen
43) Sandcastles can be made out of sand
44) Gravity keeps earth together
45) Fire is hot
46) Water expands when it freezes instead of contracting
47) I have watched ants work
48) I have seen a sunrise
49) I have seen a sunset
50) I have seen an eclipse
51) I have seen a comet
52) I have seen nature shows on T.V.
53) I saw (on T.V.) Michael Jordan in the playoffs against the Jazz
54) I didn’t fall into the Grand Canyon
55) I haven’t injured myself in a car wreck
56) I have heard a new-born baby cry
57) I have heard the ocean crash on the beach
58) I have heard old records
59) I have heard people sing
60) I’ve heard birds sing
61) I’ve heard my mother sing to me
62) I’ve heard an audience sing while I played
63) I’ve heard Billy Graham preach live
64) I can enjoy spicy foods
65) I enjoy carrot juice
66) Juicers
67) Blenders
68) Spaghetti sauce
69) Meat balls
70) Meat loaf
71) Meat sauce
72) Corn on the cob
73) Fried rice
74) Egg rolls
75) French dip
76) Bubble gum
77) Cherries
78) Sliced oranges
79) Blackberry pies
80) Peach cobbler
81) Vanilla ice-cream
82) Strawberry milkshakes
83) Chocolate malts
84) Egg nog
85) Boiled custard
86) Swiss chocolate
87) Jack In The Box tacos
88) White Castle hamburgers
89) Seedless watermelons
90) Green olives
91) Black olives, a.k.a. finger puppets
92) Olive oil
93) Panera’s tomato basil bread
94) Impellizeri’s pizza
95) Clair’s beets
96) Soy sauce
97) Tortilla chips
98) Taquitos
99) Peanut butter
100) Cashews
101) Swiss cheese
102) American cheese
103) Cheddar cheese
104) Bleu cheese
105) Parmesan cheese
106) Provolone cheese
107) Grandma’s cranberry sauce
108) Spanish olives
109) Spanish peanuts
110) Midnight snacks
111) Lunch
112) Breakfast
113) Dinner
114) Snacks during the day
115) I have smelled coffee in the morning
116) I have smelled sausage cooking in the morning
117) I have smelled cedar
118) I have smelled pine
119) I have smelled Mexican food
120) I have smelled the ocean
121) Tennis balls smell good
122) Coconut smells wonderful
123) The smell of roses
124) I have never needed to go to the hospital for myself
125) I am not sick today
126) I am not allergic to apples anymore
127) I have good a blood pressure level usually
128) I have two eyes that work well together
129) I don’t need to wear glasses
130) I have two ears that can hear
131) I don’t need to wear hearing aids
132) I have a tongue
133) I have eyelids
134) I have eyebrows
135) I have hear on top of my head
136) I have two arms
137) I have two hands
138) I have ten fingers
139) I have two legs
140) I have two feet
141) I have ten toes
142) Kidneys that filter my blood
143) I have a spine that functions
144) I have two opposable thumbs
145) I have fingernails on each of my fingers
146) I have toenails on each of my toes
147) I have skin that protects the inside of my body
148) I have hair on my head
149) My hair is thick
150) I am not hungry
151) I am not thirsty
152) I am happy
153) I can make up my own emotions
154) Computers allow me to type faster than I would have been able to type 100 years ago
155) Word processors are easy to use
156) Word processors are inexpensive
157) Google was invented
158) Google RSS readers were invented
159) E-mail is easy to use
160) Cell phones are affordable
161) My alarm clock works
162) I can purchase online
163) The optical mouse was invented
164) The washing machine was invented
165) Fingernail clippers were invented
166) CDs were invented
167) Telephones were invented
168) Cameras were invented
169) Sunglasses were invented
170) Instruments were invented
171) DVDs were invented
172) Power lawn mowers
173) I have a ceiling fan to keep me cool
174) I have a desk at which to work
175) I have great books to read
176) My grandparents gave me a leather messenger bag
177) I have plenty of T-shirts
178) I have plenty of jeans
179) I have plenty of underwear
180) I have plenty of socks
181) I have plenty of belts
182) I have plenty of shoes
183) I have a optical mouse
184) I have a flat screen computer monitor
185) I have a CD burner
186) I have a DVD player
187) Power tools
188) My college education is paid for
189) My college textbooks are paid for
190) Someone is paying for the gas to get me to college
191) Someone is paying for where I live
192) Someone is paying for my food
193) Someone is paying for my Internet access
194) Someone does my laundry for me
195) Someone irons my clothes for me
196) Someone pays for my A/C
197) Someone pays for my heat
198) Someone pays for my electricity
199) Someone pays for my telephone service
200) Someone pays for my cell phone service
201) Someone pays for my medical bills
202) Someone pays for my dental bills
203) I am going to college
204) I’m a senior in college
205) I was home schooled
206) I graduated from elementary school
207) I graduated from middle school
208) I graduated from high school
209) I enjoy learning
210) I can learn from books
211) I can learn from blogs
212) I can learn from experts
213) I can learn from friends
214) I can learn from neighbors
215) I can learn from failures
216) I can learn from experience
217) I have thrown a baseball
218) I have thrown a football
219) I have kicked a soccer ball
220) I have passed a basketball
221) I played on a YMCA basketball team when I was younger
222) I’ve jumped and touched the rim of a basketball goal (10’)
223) I have hit a baseball
224) I have hit a golf ball with a golf club
225) I can play guitar
226) I can play drums
227) I can walk
228) I can see
229) I can hear
230) I can smell things
231) I can taste
232) I can touch
233) I can talk
234) I can shout
235) I can laugh
236) I can smile
237) I can dance
238) I can sprint
239) I can jog
240) I can skip
241) I can whistle a song
242) I can hum a song
243) I can sleep easily
244) I can read English
245) I can write English
246) I can speak in English
247) I can type
248) I can count
249) I can add
250) I can subtract
251) I can multiply
252) I can divide
253) I can do algebra
254) I can do some trigonometry
255) I can do some calculus
256) I can use Excel
257) I can use PowerPoint
258) I can blink my eyes
259) I can close my eyes
260) I can drive a car
261) I can brush my teeth
262) I can comb my own hair
263) I can drink with a straw
264) I can color inside the lines when I try
265) I can make paper boats
266) I can tell time on digital clocks
267) I can tell time on clocks with hands
268) I can tell time on a 24-hour clock
269) I can surf the Internet
270) I can read blogs
271) I can comment on blogs
272) I can email
273) Gas prices here are cheaper than in Europe
274) God gave us his written Word
275) Scribes were faithful to accurately copy the Bible
276) The Bible was translated into English
277) People were willing to die to try to translate the Bible
278) Manufactured toilet paper
279) The Gregorian calendar
280) God gave my brain the capacity to learn
281) I can organize a list
282) My dog, Ricky
283) My mother’s songs that I’ll remember forever
284) The U.S. Constitution
285) God is smarter than I am
286) YouTube can actually be useful
287) I can choose to not use my A/C in my car
288) The radio in my car
289) My neighborhood
290) The Douglass Hills park
291) The park in my neighborhood
292) Digital cameras
293) I can read stories to my baby brother
294) Worship songs
295) Drumheads
296) Drumsticks
297) Zildjian cymbals
298) My Mastersound high-hats
299) My 18” crash
300) My 18” K Custom ride
301) My 20” ping ride
302) My China
303) My splashes
304) My sonar drum kit
305) My guitar
306) Fresh guitar strings
307) All my cymbal stands
308) My guitar tuner
309) My guitar straps
310) Buttons that make clothes nice
311) Zippers
312) C.S. Lewis’ writings
313) Ted Dekker’s books
314) C.S. Lewis books
315) Gayle Erwin books
316) Norman Geisler books
317) Joshua Harris books
318) The U.S. government
319) My President
320) Shoelaces on all my shoes that should have shoelaces
321) Small things matter to God
322) I did not die in a car accident two days ago
323) Duct tape
324) WD-40
325) Running water
326) Thick hair
327) Computers in statistics class
328) Getting schoolbooks from the library thereby saving hundreds of dollars
329) My first philosophy professor who inspired me to become a philosophy major
330) Pencil sharpeners are in each of my classrooms
331) Police officers who arn’t corrupt
332) I can smile whenever I want
333) My parents paid for braces for my teeth
334) Fur on my bed
335) Cool bed sheets in the summer
336) Cozy bed sheets in the winter
337) Classes with computers in them
338) Plastic until someone invents something better
339) Bloggers who have taken time each day to teach me
340) Other people think differently than I do
341) Contrary opinions that make my opinions stronger
342) Contrary opinions that change my opinions
343) Free Google docs
344) Free Google calendar
345) Free Google web history
346) Free Google search
347) I’m getting older
348) White cheddar popcorn
349) Popcorn at movies
350) Black and white movies
351) Black and white pictures
352) Erasers that stick on the back of pencils and actually work
353) Portable space heaters
354) Stone fire places
355) Laughing so hard in class I had to leave
356) Pencil sharpeners
357) Lead that’s centered in the middle of the pencil
358) Warm scarves
359) Stylish scarves
360) Fingernails clippers
361) Shag carpet
362) Indoor/outdoor carpet
363) Colorful rugs
364) Scratch paper
365) Keyboard shortcuts
366) Lists of philosophical isms
367) Retro records
368) Rechargeable batteries
369) Free E-books
370) Spam filters
371) NaNoWriMo
372) Authors in general
373) Poets (though sometimes that’s a stretch)
374) Aviator sunglasses
375) Tortoiseshell sunglasses
376) Tortoiseshell pick guards
377) Tweed gig-bags
378) Road workers who help me when my car runs out of gas
379) Wikipedia
380) Ebay
381) Craigslist
382) Microsoft
383) Flickr
384) StumbleUpon
385) Facebook
386) Twitter
387) Interlibrary loans
388) Scantrons
389) Online quizzes
390) Text messaging
391) Frisbees
392) Boomerangs
393) Pull-up bars
394) Baseball bats
395) Baseballs
396) Basketballs
397) Basketball goals
398) Footballs
399) Football helmets
400) Football pads
401) Sports cups
402) Catcher’s gloves
403) Ice-skates
404) Hacky sacks
405) Double entry bookkeeping
406) Comparative advantage
407) Gravity
408) Bacteria
409) Running shoes
410) Slipper
411) Flip-flops
412) Cowboy boots
413) Jeans
414) Flannel shirts
415) Artificial lighting
416) Anesthetics
417) Heart transplants
418) Skin grafts
419) Cliff’s notes
420) Online shopping
421) Photosynthesis
422) The planet’s orbits
423) The circulatory system
424) The digestive system
425) The endocrine system
426) The immune system
427) The lymphatic system
428) The activity system
429) The nervous system
430) The reproductive system
431) The respiratory system
432) The urinary system
433) Unsprained ankles
434) Unjammed fingers
435) Chap stick
436) My hypothalamus
437) My parietal lobe
438) My frontal lobe
439) My occipital lobe
440) My temporal lobe
441) My cerebellum
442) Mitochondria
443) Veins
444) Arteries
445) Bone marrow
446) The Electoral College of the United States
447) The U.S. Senate
448) The U.S. Congress
449) The U.S. Supreme Court
450) Recording studios
451) Sound engineers
452) Regular engineers
453) Architects
454) Plumbers
455) Painters
456) Musicians
457) Singers
458) Dancers
459) Waiters and waitresses
460) Cooks
461) Movie actors
462) Television actors
463) Movie producers
464) Television producers
465) Music producers
466) Entrepreneurs
467) Freelance photographers
468) Freelance writers
469) Freelance web designers
470) Micro evolution
471) Fireworks
472) Trinitrotoluene
473) Motor oil for car engine
474) Internal combustion engine
475) Mouse pads
476) Fire
477) Underwear
478) Staple guns
479) Sandwich baggies
480) Steps
481) School folders
482) Bleach
483) Archimedes screw
484) Hinges
485) Magnets
486) Springs
487) Ball bearings
488) Outlet plate covers
489) Trash bags
490) Mt. Dew
491) Dr. Pepper
492) Cherry coke
493) Coca-Cola
494) Sprite
495) Oxygen
496) Shampoo
497) Conditioner
498) Ball point pens
499) Tape measures
500) Plaster board
501) Electric egg beaters
502) U.S. National Postal Service
503) Home insulation
504) Cookie cutters
505) Antifreeze
506) Gasoline
507) Table clothes
508) Barbeque grills
509) International trade
510) Sticky felt pads to prevent scratching
511) Living above sea level
512) Coat hangers
513) Anti-mosquito scented candles
514) Cinder blocks
515) Chalk
516) Dry-erase markers that can be seen from the back of class
517) White boards
518) Cotton
519) Wool
520) Hemp
521) Silk
522) Nylon
523) Light switches
524) Public trains
525) Public highways
526) Public subways
527) Public buses
528) Taxis
529) Commercial airplanes
530) Private airplanes
531) U.S. Army
532) U.S. Navy
533) U.S. Marines
534) U.S. Coast Guard
535) U.S. Air Force
536) Freedom within the government
537) Recreation centers
538) Playgrounds
539) Paved roads
540) Hairbrushes
541) Combs
542) Income tax refunds
543) Plastic shopping bags
544) Paper shopping bags
545) Public shopping carts
546) Reusable shopping bags
547) Freezer bags
548) Deepfreeze freezers
549) Regular freezers
550) Refrigerators
551) Twist ties
552) Traffic lights
553) Traffic signals
554) Coolers
555) Nutcrackers
556) Cut-in-paste tool
557) Tupperware
558) Numbers
559) Arithmetic
560) Calculus
561) Algebra
562) Geometry
563) Trigonometry
564) Shingles
565) Allen wrenches
566) Regular wrenches
567) Phillip’s screw drivers
568) Slot screw drivers
569) Hair dryers
570) Curling irons
571) Delsym
572) Flosamax
573) Doctors
574) Nurses
575) Plastic surgeons
576) Magnifying glasses
577) Microscopes
578) Telescopes
579) The Hubble Telescope
580) Fiat money
581) Advertisements
582) 90%-off sales
583) Used bookstores
584) Free newsletters that are actually worth money
585) Elastic waistbands
586) Straight teeth
587) Potato peelers
588) Potato mashers
589) Rolling pins
590) Measuring spoons
591) Potato chips
592) Muffin pans
593) Tootsie Roll wrappers
594) Regular rappers
595) Christian rappers
596) Wooden spoons
597) Spaghetti strainers
598) Electric stoves
599) Electric ovens
600) Oven racks
601) The backspace key on my keyboard
602) The enter key on my keyboard
603) The space key on my keyboard
604) The shift key on my keyboard
605) The ctrl key on my keyboard
606) The alphabet on my keyboard
607) The number pad on my keyboard
608) The bold tag in html
609) The link tag in html
610) Hope
611) Makeup
612) Volleyball
613) Sandpaper
614) Sandblasters
615) Discernment
616) Church buildings
617) JELL-O
618) Emotocons
619) Speakers on my computer
620) The door to my house
621) Windows
622) Keyboard for typing
623) Sticky notes
624) Static guard
625) Hand lotion
626) Chapstick
627) I have more than five kernels of corn to eat
628) White rice
629) Forks (so I don’t have to use chopsticks)
630) I don’t have to put my hair up in a bun every day to keep from getting glue in it
631) I don’t have to get tape off other people’s Bibles
632) I have something better to wear than flip-flops in the snow
633) I enjoy wearing sandals
634) I can wear sandals in the snow
635) I can wear shorts in the snow
636) I don’t have to play Marry in a Christmas play
637) Wrapping paper
638) I’m not worried about gaining weight
639) Quotes
640) Hymns
641) Poetry
642) I’m too old to sit in Santa’s lap
643) Rubber bands
644) Marker caps
645) Paper plates
646) Envelopes
647) Belts
648) Belt buckles
649) Cookbooks
650) Kleenexes
651) Water bottles
652) Bottled water
653) Sparkling water
654) Dictionaries
655) Thesauruses
656) Clocks
657) Calendars
658) Printers
659) Newspapers
660) Music stands
661) Dish soap
662) Heater vents
663) Coffee makers
664) Tea kettles
665) Cardboard boxes
666) Salt
667) Pepper
668) Cyan pepper
669) Cinnamon
670) Nutmeg
671) Cilantro
672) Snow shovels
673) Snow plows
674) Snow scrapers
675) 3-D puzzles
676) Piggy banks
677) Light switches
678) Baby toys
679) Magnifying glasses
680) Rechargeable batteries
681) Grocery bags
682) Toasters
683) Furniture polish
684) Granola bars
685) Power strips
686) Scented candles (but not too much scent)
687) Bookcases
688) Smoke detectors
689) Curtains
690) Ironing board
691) Chess sets
692) Toilet paper
693) Board games
694) Toothpicks
695) Napkins
696) Clear plastic rulers
697) Q-tips
698) Dental floss
699) Toothpaste caps
700) Head coverings
701) Vinegar
702) Tracing paper
703) Laundry
704) Detergent
705) Tweezers
706) White sugar
707) Bubble wrap
708) Flannelgraphs
709) The English language
710) The Spanish language
711) The Hebrew language
712) The Latin language
713) The German language
714) The Greek language
715) The Japanese language
716) The Chinese (Mandarin Chinese) language
717) Wind
718) Cookie jars
719) Salt and paper shakers
720) Dye
721) Eggs
722) Bathroom scales
723) Frozen yogurt
724) Coffee creamer
725) Half-N-Half
726) Condensed milk
727) Whole milk
728) Rice milk
729) Almond milk
730) Butter
731) Margarine
732) Sour cream
733) Chives
734) Bacon bits
735) Italian dressing
736) Bleu cheese dressing
737) Balsamic vinegar dressing
738) Honey-mustard dressing
739) Honey-mustard sauce
740) BBQ sauce
741) Frank’s hot sauce
742) Qdoba hot sauce
743) Taco Bell hot sauce
744) Grandma’s homemade hot sauce
745) Enchilada sauce
746) Bees
747) Butterflies
748) Safety pins
749) Paperclips
750) Staples
751) Tacks
752) Crayons
753) Colored pencils
754) Colored markers
755) Construction paper
756) Campaign signs
757) Telemarketers
758) Discipline
759) Pain
760) Pastry blenders
761) Potholders
762) Oven mitts
763) Cooling racks
764) Two hands
765) Rentable DVDs
766) Tears
767) My tongue
768) Moist (as opposed to chapped) lips
769) Friends from college
770) Friends from church
771) Friends from blogs
772) Friends from forums
773) Friends from who knows where
774) Friends from the past
775) Friends I don’t see often
776) Friends I see all the time
777) Property lines
778) Tire tread
779) Free air from gas stations
780) Complementary colors
781) Matching colors
782) Drive-thru restaurants
783) 24-hour restaurants
784) Kites
785) Extra-long kite string
786) 24-hour convenience stores
787) 24-hour photo development
788) 24-hour shelters
789) 24-hour coffee shops
790) 24-hour computer labs
791) 24-hour customer service centers
792) Four-lane roads
793) Three-lane roads
794) Two-lane roads
795) Safety on the one-lane roads
796) Clovers for entering/exiting the freeways
797) Privacy fences
798) Chain-link fences
799) Picket fences
800) Stone walls
801) Castles
802) Forts
803) Tree houses
804) Climbing trees
805) Ropes used to climb trees
806) Seeing other families traveling on Thanksgiving Day
807) Sunscreen
808) Christmas lights
809) Christmas decorations
810) Christmas music
811) Radio stations that play Christmas music
812) Christian talk radio
813) Stations that play Christian music
814) Studio musicians
815) Christian bands
816) Christian singers
817) Christian magazine editors
818) Christian professors
819) Christians in the government
820) Christian lawyers
821) Christian athletes
822) Christian students
823) Christian neighbors
824) The cheer holidays bring
825) Steam rollers
826) My brothers share their coffee with me
827) Grass
828) Shopping baskets
829) Sidewalks
830) Plumbing
831) Roller blades
832) Warm socks in the winter
833) Cool sock in the summer
834) Cranes (the industrial machinery version)
835) Cranes (the long-necked, flying version)
836) Sharp razors
837) Kerosene
838) The moon
839) The stars
840) I don’t have a girly voice
841) Edgers
842) Weed eaters
843) Rainbows
844) Funny billboards
845) Funny commercials
846) Christmas
847) Amusement parks
848) Water parks
849) Water slides
850) Water balloons
851) Friendship bread
852) The cotton gin
853) Helicopters
854) Hot air balloons
855) Blimps
856) Prison ministries
857) Homeless ministries
858) Youth ministries
859) Singles ministries
860) Men’s ministries
861) Women’s ministries
862) Kid’s ministries
863) Senior’s ministries
864) Couples ministries
865) College Bible studies
866) Free downloadable Bible studies
867) Native missionaries
868) Transplanted missionaries
869) Mission trips
870) Pastors
871) Construction workers
872) Truckers
873) Cement truck drivers
874) The smell of dried tobacco
875) Coffee
876) Green tea
877) Indian tea
878) Alfalfa tea
879) Peppermint tea
880) Chamomile tea
881) Raspberry tea
882) Oolong tea
883) Hot and soar soup
884) Vegetable soup
885) Chicken noodle soup
886) Dumplings
887) Wontons
888) Chives
889) Crackers
890) Two-minute Ramen Noodles
891) Coal mines
892) Diamond mines
893) Gold mines
894) Silver mines
895) Knives
896) Canoes
897) Kayaks
898) Sail boats
899) Machine shops
900) Hard workers
901) Smart workers
902) Comedy
903) I’ve never been flogged
904) Sweet pickles
905) Dill pickles
906) Bread and butter pickles
907) Radishes
908) Broccoli
909) Cauliflower
910) Cucumbers
911) Loaded baked potatoes
912) Chunky Mashed potatoes
913) Turkey gravy
914) Sausage gravy
915) Rhymes
916) Chimes
917) Dimes
918) Limes
919) Synonyms
920) Antonyms
921) Water guns
922) Oil paintings
923) Water color paintings
924) Faith
925) Life (as opposed to death)
926) Light (as opposed to tripping and falling down the steps)
927) Metaphors
928) Cherry blossoms
929) Honey suckles
930) Corny jokes
931) Knock-knock jokes
932) One-liner jokes
933) “Or” questions
934) Essay questions
935) Multiple choice questions
936) Short answer questions
937) Good questions in conversations
938) Interesting people
939) Good habits to learn
940) Bible verses to memorize
941) I’ve hiked to the top of mountains
942) I’ve swam in rivers
943) I’ve swam in lakes
944) I’ve public pools
945) I’ve made a whirlpool in a round pool
946) I’ve stamped in mud
947) I’ve stamped in puddles
948) I’ve held hands and prayed
949) Tomato soup
950) Steak and eggs (the meal)
951) Grits
952) Oatmeal
953) Dark meat turkey
954) Inside jokes
955) Instructions for folding dollar bills into interesting animals and objects
956) CD towers
957) Guitar solos
958) Drum solos
959) Bass solos
960) Piano solos
961) Violins
962) Cellos
963) Harps
964) Amplifiers
965) Tubes
966) Recycling services
967) Writing software
968) WordPress
969) WordPress plugins
970) Comments
971) WordPress Themes
972) BondChristian.com
973) People who stumble my articles
974) People who read my articles
975) People that learn from my articles
976) I’m blessed to write online articles
977) Everything I’ve learned about working online
978) Automatic bullet points
979) HTML
980) PHP
981) CSS
982) Firefox
983) The ‘save’ button
984) Auto-recovery
985) Automated payment options
986) Banks
987) ATMs
988) Debit cards
989) Cool passwords
990) Phone calls
991) Emails
992) Text messages
993) Friends who helped me make this list
994) God blesses multitudes of people with the same blessings on this list
995) God continues to bless infinitely
996) Encouragement from people I don’t even know
997) Encouragement from people I do know
998) My teenage brothers staying up all night with me just to enjoy life
999) My eight-year-old sister hugging me before going to sleep
1000) My two-year-old brother after I dress him for bed telling me “Thank you, Marshall”

1,001)

But most of all, I’m thankful for my God who said, “Here, have my son. He’s all yours. I love you that much,” and gave me all these other blessings.

“As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” – Colossians 2:6-7

Happy Thanksgiving!

Serving Suggestions:

(1) Go read the serving suggestions from the prelude and follow them.