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One Thousand Gifts – Part 65

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  • 506. Sunny cool autumn mornings
  • 507. Back stretches
  • 508. Good friends
  • 509. Worthy causes
  • 510. Blessings of health
  • 511. Opportunities to make a difference
  • 512. Second (and third, and fourth) chances
  • 513. An chance to honor God
  • 514. Fresh air
  • 515. Happy laughter

One Thousand Gifts – Part 64

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  • 501. Forgiveness. Realizing that it’s a gift to forgive. A gift to myself as much as (or more than) it is to the forgiven.
    Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
    Colossians 3:12-13

  • 502. The relief of having the meal plan figured out for the next week. It is one of my most dreaded tasks. Finally getting it done feels so good.
  • 503. Reconciliation
  • 504. The kindness of others to my son
  • 505. Family

One Thousand Gifts – Part 62

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  • 491. Our precious little 2 year old. We celebrated his birthday this weekend with family and a few close friends and J5 had a wonderful time. I am so grateful for his health and vitality. He’s the sweetest soul. I am amazed at how pure and genuine he is.
  • 492. God’s eternal grace. I only have to look back a short way on my blog to see records of how many times I fall down and get up and fall yet again. Each day is a day of learning. God has more patience than I can even imagine. As a parent, I am learning what it takes to grow a human. I am so grateful that it’s his bottomless grace that overrides my track record. I am SO human. I fail left and right and it doesn’t stop his pursuit of me. His determination to not let me fall into yet another pit I’ve stumbled towards.
  • 493. Music. I have had many words built up in my head and heart and sometimes music is the only thing that can get things out before I explode. Jeremy Camp is currently hitting the spot. Especially “Take My Life“.
  • 494. John. I’m so proud of him. He just got a great promotion and raise! He’s such a hard worker and I’m so very grateful that he is currently working for a company that values his skill and compensates accordingly!
  • 495. Celebratory traditions. We celebrate our achievements by going out for dinner at Applebee’s. It started back in the macaroni-and-cheese days of our life together. It’s just one of those things that is “us” and I LOVE it!!
  • 496. Dog snores.
  • 497. Sleepy mumbles above the quiet hiss of the baby monitor.
  • 498. Flannel sheets.
  • 499. Water when I am thirsty.
  • 500. Making it half way to 1000!!

Around the world in 80 days….!

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4 years ago
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Ok, so maybe not around the world, but you can probably make a lot of progress on your health in 80 days! Come join us! The Healthy For the Holidays 2007 is still running strong! Please don’t let the date range dissuade you! If you start today, you still have 80 days to make a difference in your health!

You can increase your energy, get better sleep, and strengthen your immune system. All by increasing your activity in some way!

  • Click HERE to see the original post with the details.
  • Click HERE to see the other participants and their progress.

Email me if you want to join!

Remain In Me

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Today, it’s going to be about Remaining in Christ. My quiet time this morning was me asking God a bunch of “How?” questions. How do I do what he wants me to do? I am most comfortable when I have things under control. If I let go of control, chaos ensues. Or at least it will in my realm. So, I asked God how I was supposed to both let go of my control-freakiness AND stay responsible and accomplish the things that are mine to do.

The answer I got? “Remain in Me”

Tamera wrote this morning about words. This was another thing God was teaching me out of my reading this morning (Psalm 59:12, 16). My words are one way that sin makes its way into action. Speaking sinfully is sin. I know that it can start even earlier, but this is one way it sneaks in that I’m feeling particularly attuned to this morning.

I don’t think I can remain in Him AND say things that are sinful, negative, hurtful, condemning (including self-condemning) or defeatist. I like Tamera’s idea of a focusing bracelet. I’ve done that before. And have removed it when it stops being a reminder.

What do you want to prayerfully remember today?

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