It seems like a good time of year to learn gratitude. And I can't seem to get this Gratitude Community out of my head. And God is so good, how can I not give thanks?
So here I go. In no particular order, naming 1000 of the gifts God's given to me; undeserving me. I'll try to post at least 25 each Monday, which should get me to 1000 in ten months. Feel free to join me!
1. A weekend at home with my family
2. Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
3. An unprompted “please” and “thank you” from my son
4. Moments to teach my son “God is always with you” when scary monsters come to his active imagination
5. My son remembering “God wit me” when he started to get scared about monsters before naptime
6. A safe drive to the store in the midst of a snowstorm
7. Getting a stress-relieving check in the mail as I drop off the mortgage payment
8. Dear sisters falling in love with godly men
9. A generous giver providing gifts to stuff in Operation Christmas Child boxes
10. An obedient, cuddly son “helping” stuff the boxes
11. Time to talk and hold hands with my husband
12. Putting up a beautiful Christmas tree with my sweet family
13. Holding my husband close; remembering our Christmas Eve engagement as we put up the “Our First Christmas Together” ornament
14. Watching my husband and son play and tickle and wrestle
15. Chai tea and hot cocoa to soothe my throat
16. Chocolate chip pancakes on Sunday morning
17. A low-key day at work … alone time to recover from my cold and my cranky attitude
18. A full night’s sleep, despite sickness and my son’s potty-training
19. Helpful and kind co-workers
20. Work schedules that allow for fewer daycare days and more family days
21. A daycare my son enjoys (that’s also affordable and close to home!)
22. Not falling on the ice this morning
23. Loving on an old friend whose brokenness is being healed as she learns to love Jesus
24. A mind that can memorize Proverbs 15:1 … “a soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger”
25. My son who hears my memorizing and decides “anger” is really “angel”, who won’t stop talking about angels fighting the “bad guys”
26. Remembering I’m His Beloved, and He is mine
