While it is important to focus on the gifts for which we are thankful, I don't want to cheapen them by putting them in this list. Regardless, it is my desire to discipline myself to focus on the blessings with which we have been so richly showered. And so, here are the first 20 gifts... 980 to go! :)
1 Thai food with friends
2 Quiet nights at home with my love
3 Coming home to clean laundry and clean dishes
4 Homemade Pasta with out-of-town friends
5 Deep conversations on a roadtrip
6 Long walks with my mother-in-law
7 Settlers of Catan
8 Morning cuddles with my love
9 God's faithfulness displayed in everyday ways
10 A wok in which to make my Chicken Pad Thai
11 Basil
12 My students
13 Date night with my true love
14 Our Country, Our Freedom, Our Military
15 The ability to run
16 A thoughtful phone call from my dad - precisely as I was feeling homesick
17 The kind of discouragement that brings me to the end of me, and all I have is Him
18 A good book
19 A spontaneous lunch with my truest love
20 Rain (remind me of this again in February or March)
Thankful for all of His blessings... in the good times and the more trying times.
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I especially relate to #17 currently, and I love that you put it on there! Such a great reminder that our greatest disappointments are an opportunity for Him to show His love in unexpected ways.
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