since I haven't posted in a while:
Here are a few of the things in my "1000 Gifts" notebook from recently:
696 How quickly a day goes by
698 The glowing smile of a bride
707 New pens
711 A grieving family held close by church
715 Sunday afternoon warmth and stillness
718 A movie date (Courageous!) with my 11-year-old brother
720 A child coming to be comforted
735 Bible stories told the Jewish way
736 Spontaneous detours
743 The sound of driving on gravel
780 A little girl who likes being tied up to trees! =)
785 A raised mailbox flag
803 A friend who finds me when I'm anxious and prays over me
809 Guitar stands on stage
814 Remembering magical stories of sailors and rainbows and blue seas
819 Dutch women outside their comfort zones
828 My Opa's harmonica hymns
829 My Oma's perfume
833 A fellow homeschooler in crowds of schoolteachers
834 A very full church
840 Spurgeon books
851 The grace to laugh at myself
853 A moonlit run
863 Earl Grey Vanilla tea on sale
863 Sunshine in the kitchen
876 Someone I never expected to see in a church pew, there
880 Youth group Bible study - "washed clean in the blood"
890 Coming in from the cold
899 Writing in the dark
901 Bridges
902 A handwritten, hand-delivered letter
916 Baby yawns
904 A diagnosis for an already victorious struggle - WHAT GRACE!
920 Round windows
928 A little guy pressed up close for comfort, and the way his lip quivered, trying not to cry
929 Bare feet on a warm hearth
935 Walking through an aisle of Christmas greenery - the sharp breath of pine
943 A super full gift box
952 Text messages that start with "good morning!"
956 Pain, to stop me from thinking too much
960 Late night chats with parents
970 "Every day I live is another day I know that I've been forgiven"
983 Rapper preachers
989 A wedding to plan for =)
994 Sermons that reach deep in, through to my hurting places
1010 Perpetually passionate people
1016 A parcel notice
1025 Tiny rosebuds still red after a week of snow
1036 Gingerbread house cave-ins
1048 Awkward proposal jokes
1049 Christ sung in coffeeshops (tis the season!)
1073 The woman wiping tears as we sing a Christmas carol on her doorstep
10738 Aunt Elsa's love of candles
1082 Torque wrenches for Christmas!
1085 Heidi & I both getting eachother picnic baskets for Christmas =)
1101 Miles per hour
1108 Ridiculously high heels
1123 Silver glitter EVERYWHERE
1142 Watching my latte made in a glass mug in front of me
1144 Breakfast dates with cousins
1145 Stone steps and pillars
1157 Window light for pictures
1172 The tears that won't flow until the bread and wine are passed and only stop when we rise to sing
1180 Just making the deadline
1182 A story percolating
1188 Organizing music
1190 The way one of my students eyes grow big and she claps her hand over her mouth when she is reprimanded for talking out when she is not supposed to
1195 Grace in relationships I've neglected
1214 Tea water boiled 4 times =)
1223 Square glass bottles
1228 Confused old people who are still sure of their Jesus
Photos from http://sxc.hu
696 How quickly a day goes by
698 The glowing smile of a bride
707 New pens
711 A grieving family held close by church
715 Sunday afternoon warmth and stillness
718 A movie date (Courageous!) with my 11-year-old brother
720 A child coming to be comforted
735 Bible stories told the Jewish way
736 Spontaneous detours
743 The sound of driving on gravel
780 A little girl who likes being tied up to trees! =)
785 A raised mailbox flag
803 A friend who finds me when I'm anxious and prays over me
809 Guitar stands on stage
814 Remembering magical stories of sailors and rainbows and blue seas
819 Dutch women outside their comfort zones
828 My Opa's harmonica hymns
829 My Oma's perfume
833 A fellow homeschooler in crowds of schoolteachers
834 A very full church
840 Spurgeon books
851 The grace to laugh at myself
853 A moonlit run
863 Earl Grey Vanilla tea on sale
863 Sunshine in the kitchen
876 Someone I never expected to see in a church pew, there
880 Youth group Bible study - "washed clean in the blood"
890 Coming in from the cold
899 Writing in the dark
901 Bridges
902 A handwritten, hand-delivered letter
916 Baby yawns
904 A diagnosis for an already victorious struggle - WHAT GRACE!
920 Round windows
928 A little guy pressed up close for comfort, and the way his lip quivered, trying not to cry
929 Bare feet on a warm hearth
935 Walking through an aisle of Christmas greenery - the sharp breath of pine
943 A super full gift box
952 Text messages that start with "good morning!"
956 Pain, to stop me from thinking too much
960 Late night chats with parents
970 "Every day I live is another day I know that I've been forgiven"
983 Rapper preachers
989 A wedding to plan for =)
994 Sermons that reach deep in, through to my hurting places
1010 Perpetually passionate people
1016 A parcel notice
1025 Tiny rosebuds still red after a week of snow
1036 Gingerbread house cave-ins
1048 Awkward proposal jokes
1049 Christ sung in coffeeshops (tis the season!)
1073 The woman wiping tears as we sing a Christmas carol on her doorstep
10738 Aunt Elsa's love of candles
1082 Torque wrenches for Christmas!
1085 Heidi & I both getting eachother picnic baskets for Christmas =)
1101 Miles per hour
1108 Ridiculously high heels
1123 Silver glitter EVERYWHERE
1142 Watching my latte made in a glass mug in front of me
1144 Breakfast dates with cousins
1145 Stone steps and pillars
1157 Window light for pictures
1172 The tears that won't flow until the bread and wine are passed and only stop when we rise to sing
1180 Just making the deadline
1182 A story percolating
1188 Organizing music
1190 The way one of my students eyes grow big and she claps her hand over her mouth when she is reprimanded for talking out when she is not supposed to
1195 Grace in relationships I've neglected
1214 Tea water boiled 4 times =)
1223 Square glass bottles
1228 Confused old people who are still sure of their Jesus
Photos from http://sxc.hu
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