"As you worship me, your perspective changes and you gain balance. To worship Me acceptably with reverence and awe, thankfulness is essential. I designed you to be thankful on a daily, moment-by-moment basis."
Sarah Young
Sarah Young
Giving thanks with the Gratitude Community for His unending gifts ...
2007...my husband's provision for our family...that allows me to stay home with these boys and delight in the everyday ordinary moments
2008...a morning with a friend as we take the kids through the Zoo
2009...how the baby sifaka held on tight to his mother's back as she leaped from tree to tree
2010...a family game of kickball after dinner
2011...dinner on the back patio
2012...watching him eat a bowl of cereal that his brother left behind...what a beautiful mess...
2007...my husband's provision for our family...that allows me to stay home with these boys and delight in the everyday ordinary moments
2008...a morning with a friend as we take the kids through the Zoo
2009...how the baby sifaka held on tight to his mother's back as she leaped from tree to tree
2010...a family game of kickball after dinner
2011...dinner on the back patio
2012...watching him eat a bowl of cereal that his brother left behind...what a beautiful mess...
2013...brothers pouring over memory albums before school one morning
2014...a time of confession with the Lord as I unload the dishwasher...I was brought to tears over my anger and the way it hurts those I love
2015...seeking their forgiveness
2016...praying for strength
2017...Memorizing this portion of James this week...
James 1:21-22 "Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."
2018...packing for the lake
2019...that Will got carsick at just the right exit (the only spot where family lives on the 2 hour 45 minute drive)
2020...that my Aunt Shelley was home...so that we could bathe Will and get back on the road (not to mention her offer to wash the car seat insert for us!)
2021...Grandma and Pap's gift of lunch while we visited on the porch
2022...boys in the hammock
2023...hours at the stream
2024...hearing him say "this is the best first day of spring break!'
2025...rocking the little one to sleep
2026...dinner with friends and enjoying the sunset at the shoreline while they throw rocks in the water
2027...kids lined up on a fallen tree...determined to follow the leader
the leader...
2028...seeing a group of wild turkeys
2029...boys running to greet Poppy
2030...the sunset shining so perfectly
2014...a time of confession with the Lord as I unload the dishwasher...I was brought to tears over my anger and the way it hurts those I love
2015...seeking their forgiveness
2016...praying for strength
2017...Memorizing this portion of James this week...
James 1:21-22 "Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."
2018...packing for the lake
2019...that Will got carsick at just the right exit (the only spot where family lives on the 2 hour 45 minute drive)
2020...that my Aunt Shelley was home...so that we could bathe Will and get back on the road (not to mention her offer to wash the car seat insert for us!)
2021...Grandma and Pap's gift of lunch while we visited on the porch
2022...boys in the hammock
2023...hours at the stream
2024...hearing him say "this is the best first day of spring break!'
2025...rocking the little one to sleep
2026...dinner with friends and enjoying the sunset at the shoreline while they throw rocks in the water
2027...kids lined up on a fallen tree...determined to follow the leader
the leader...
2028...seeing a group of wild turkeys
2029...boys running to greet Poppy
2030...the sunset shining so perfectly
2031...them hand in hand on the path to the lake
2032...Daddy taking time to show Joshua how to skip rocks and the delight it brings him to see his rock skipping
2033...brothers all lined up at the shoreline
2034...spotting animal tracks in the mud
2035...watching him delight in chasing bubbles
2036...hammock swinging
2037...marshmallows roasting
2038...him and his pocket knife
2039...this...just this...
2040...a beautiful ending to a wonderful weekend
2033...brothers all lined up at the shoreline
2034...spotting animal tracks in the mud
2035...watching him delight in chasing bubbles
2036...hammock swinging
2037...marshmallows roasting
2038...him and his pocket knife
2039...this...just this...
2040...a beautiful ending to a wonderful weekend
2 comments:
Love your list and the beautiful pictures too! So much to be thankful for that's for sure.
Beautiful thoughts and pictures, Jenna. Inspiring! Thank you.
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