Thanksgiving 2011

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good....

#641-#687

#641 Belly laughter with C. on Skype

#646 "help yourself to some toffees"

#655 Hot tea on a cold and rainy day

#660 Sunshine and a Fall nip in the air.

#664 Bakeries with fresh cinnamon and coffee

#666 You say: "Do not be afraid, Do not be dismayed. I am with you. Do not fear, I am your God. I will strengthen you and uphold you with my victorious right hand" -Isaiah 44:10

#677 My beautiful friend, M, she is truly a blessing

#673 The Discipleship Journal Bible in a Year reading plan

#674 The garments of praise, for a spirit of heaviness

#679 my little sister's photography

#681 a pretty wooden rosary, gift from J.C.

#687 A family who loves me

His Love endures FOREVER...

The slightest rainbow

His promises endure.

we are called, we are His.

Graces 

#536-#640

#538-the temptation is to hide. I don't want to hide. LORD Your strength. Your Presence. Reminding me it's enough.

#539- it's never too late to make a brand new start.

#544- the gift of tongues.

#546- Esther (the book).
#557- C. asking about You.

#556- B. getting ready to follow you amidst the difficulty.

#566- Protection.

#567- Rivers.

#568- Coffee smells fresh-a coffee shop here in town.

#569- Faith coming from hearing and that by the Word of God. 

#573- A car to drive. I don't have to take a bus or hitch hike.

#585-Encouraging messages and texts.

#592- Learning to listen and abide; Lord draw me ever closer.

#593- Yogurt covered pretzels.

#599- A quiet environment to sleep after night shift.

#602- Harvest Moon.

#603- Crab apples; gifts to pick off a tree with branches bending low and heavy with good fruit.

#604- Crab apple blueberry crisp- not too shabby I must say.

#608- Sara Groves' music

#633- yummy moose meat for the first time.

#624- a gift of yellow wildflowers from a sweet blonde boy.

#627- a ninja headband on an awesome two-year-old.

#628- Seeing Jesus' love made real to kids who have faced rejection many times.

Short and sweet

so it has been a while since i last shared my thank yous on here.

I just recently returned to the habit of giving thanks at the end of my day.
It is good.

I am in a new space. Read here

The thanksgiving brings refreshment to the soul, it humbles and hastens me to enter His courts and find Joy.

#498-#535:

#506: coffee in the morn
#509: Your perfect love drives out fear
#513: a friend reminding me to look at the inside more than the outside.
#518: You are near and real even when surroundings are extremely chaotic and little makes sense. You are with me even in the dark.
#521: a quiet evening to talk with you with no interruptions. Processing.
#525: a phone plan with my fave 10!
#529: The Word and the hunger it creates for more of it and more of You.
#530: prayer and the people who do it.
#531: a gift of plums and peaches
#535: three generations of women laughing and making bannock.

A Photo Journal

Things that bring joy...

A Walk behind my house.... Springtime soon to give way to Summer!















Books recently finished...
the ability to read and learn...

















A Greens Smoothie... fresh fruit and greens


Fresh flowers around the house... such beauty...reminding me of God's goodness and how precious and temporary our life on earth is...



















Bedroom... finally cleaned and organized








My quiet corner... journal, Bible, pen and reminders of God's grace and manifold gifts

anastasis

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.-- 1 Cor. 11:23-26

Easter, not egg hunts and chocolate or bunnies and peeps.

Easter--the remembrance.
Proclaiming the Lord's death.
Death on a cross.
Body broken.
For us.
Blood shed.
for us.

Three days in a tomb.
RESURRECTION

So that we might have life, and have it to the full.
The old gone, the new has come.

I am convinced, more and more, that Christ is the bread of Life.
This Easter, I am aware of my hunger.

I am recognizing my tendencies to eat and try to fill on that which is not Bread.
Empty.
reminding me of an empty tomb.

He is life.He said this to Martha on that day, when it appeared to be too late. When her brother was dead four days, stinking in the tomb. Jesus wept. (John 11:17-43). He is the resurrection and the life. Lazarus' resurrection, a foreshadowing of our Lord raised in power. An empty tomb.
We can believe.

"I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead." Philippians 3:10-11

Glory to God.