1000 Gifts...and the list goes on

Each week I sit and reflect on all of the many blessings we are given each and every day.  I jot them down here because I never want to take them for granted.  Today, I'm a day late, but the list goes on...


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cold air and warm fires

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electric blankets

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afternoon coffee with my favorite man in the world

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early morning rising

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a God seeking body of believers in a tiny little country church full of love

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best friends who can finish your sentences

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conversations that never end where they begin and contain very few breaths

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lamplight in the evenings

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bedtime kisses from sweet smelling little girls

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warm socks for bed


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Holy Spirit convictions

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knowing that the battle for me is already won


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doors that He opens...and closes.

1000 gifts

And the list goes on and on...

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Healthy children

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my strong, godly husband

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my tender heart that almost always gets broken but never stops loving

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our homeschool classroom that is coming together better than I could have imagined

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the peace the comes with knowing that you are doing the right thing

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long summer afternoon naps

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a quiet house

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chocolate milk right before bed

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snuggling with my big daddy when he comes in from working nights

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cordless telephones

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lots of laughing and giggling around here all day long

1,000 gifts...

And the list goes on....

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Our one nation, that, at least at one time, was under God

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The freedom that we have to worship our Lord and to teach our children about Him

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The soldiers overseas protecting that precious freedom

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The families they have left at home missing them so very much

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The first star on a clear summer night

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The last walk through a quiet house on my way to bed

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My children's precious faces when they are fast asleep

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The amazing sun that comes up every morning, new and fresh and new...

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God's amazing grace that, just like the sun, is new every morning, for sinners like me

1000 gifts

We just got home from a very relaxing week at the beach and I have so much to be thankful for this morning...


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beautiful white "not oily" sand

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bike rides at sunset

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short little naps on the couch


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ocean waves

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ice cream cones

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a 4 hour trip that takes 8 hours and all the laughing along the way

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the opportunity to take a vacation this summer

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the wagging tails of my precious dogs when we came home to them

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God's tender nudge that keeps my paths straight

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baby birds and mommy birds and this amazing thing called life

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being back at church after vacation and our pew being empty and waiting for us

1000 gifts

And my list goes on....

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Watermelon

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friends who finish your sentences

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daughters.

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my grandmother who is 80 years old and my best friend.

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a sprinkler on a hot summer day.

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mother daughter talks over a great cup of coffee.

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the book of Job in the Bible.

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sufficient grace.

1000 gifts

I have come to the conclusion that if we all just slowed down long enough to see all of the graces that are given to us by our heavenly father, we may just realize that we have no reason to grumble.  In an effort to ground myself in Him and prepare for the homeschooling journey in the fall, I am joining 1000 gifts on an awesome blog called A Holy Experience.  If you have never visited Ann's blog go directly there now.  Do not pass go, do not collect $200 JUST GO!!!  This world is so deceptive and wicked, and her blog is such a reminder of where we are supposed to be.  I am hoping that writing down each and every thing I am thankful for on Mondays will keep my focus not on the things of this world, but on Him alone.  So here is the beginning of my 1,000 gifts....I know its not Monday, but Im an instant gratification kinda girl and I just really can't wait.

To be rooted is perhaps 
the most important and 
least recognized need 
of the human soul.
~ Simone Weil


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I am thankful that I am saved by God's amazing grace and by nothing that I have done...


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for being rooted


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for my husband who works so hard for his family and sits in the same spot every night


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that God chose me to be Mom to the most perfect little girls ever


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for summer


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for vegetable gardens, even when its too hot to enjoy them


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for air conditioning


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for a precious friend and the birds eye view of the amazing work God is doing in her life


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for a one of a kind country church that is exactly where I am supposed to be


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for a few little girls and a too small classroom each and every Wednesday night.