Tuesday Thanks : 1000 Gifts

Weekly I sit here and gather together the beautiful gifts, all those moments I remember with gratitude. They are scribbled on scrap paper, in the margins of my journal, alongside my sermon notes...

and I add them to the list (a day late this week)...

0802
Sick days.

0803
Finding him napping like this (and with sword in hand, just in case).


0804
That he still wants to sit on my lap when I read to all three. (I can barely see over his shoulder.)

0805
Moments of peaceful play.

0806
Generous restaurant gift cards. Dinner out with my husband.

0807
Our babysitter.

0808
Spontaneous running races.

0809
Marshmallows.

0810
Our Nature Center.

0811
A full moon. Trying to find it again through the trees as we drive home.

0812
Sunday afternoon reading.

0813
Early evening sun streaming through windows.

0814
Windshield wiper fluid.

0815
Really tall towers. Mom, get your camera!-type towers.


0816
The remedy of Grace.

0817
A godly husband.

0818
Being able to fill a grocery cart.

0819
Our home filled with friends.

0820
Finding Ann's book at the front door.

0821
Reports of good health.

0822
Adequacy in Christ.

0823
When the I'm sorry's happen without prompting.

0824
The promise of eternal fruit.

0825
That I have a God who understands my weaknesses,
redeems my failures, and can make a garden out of my mess.