{Gifts 96-140}

"A watching world needs to hear from us that God personifies joy."

"Joy is rooted in gratitude.  You cannot have a joyful heart without having a grateful heart.  And you cannot be a grateful person and not experience joy.  Those who can praise God will experience joy.  And those who are joyful will thank God.  Joy and gratitude always go together....Joy simply cannot grow in the presence of ingratitude." 

Kay Warren

Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Colossians 2:7

#96 - wisdom from God's Word

#97 - new adventures

#98 - young people who love Jesus

#99 - bike rides in the orange blossom air

#100 - longer days 

#101 - backyard baseball

#102 - my mom

#103 - Jesus loving people who take time to love my kids

#104 - healthy homemade smoothies

#105 - hearing my husband teach God's Word to teenagers (never grow tired of it)

#106 - morning sunlight

#107 - eyeliner

#108 - God's creative and on time provision

#109 - that song you just want to keep on repeat

#110 - grace to cover all my messy imperfections

#111 - weekly small group time (my heart beats for those girls)

#112 - the sound of quiet

#113 - sitting outside in the sunshine

#114 - when unexpected and wonderful plans come together

#115 - childhood simplicity

#116 - perfect harmony

#117 - when someone just knows you and what you like

#118 - endurance

#119 - how forgiveness sets free

#120 - Psalm 1

#121 - the cross (may I never forget)

#122 - four generations of women on Easter Sunday

#123 - Kashi cookies

#124 - margin

#125 - stamina

#126 - the ability to get out and enjoy life with my family (never want to take this for granted)

#127 - 87th birthday celebrations

#128 - discipleship

#129 - fun and laughter on a bowling date night

#130 - creative spaces

#131 - innocence

#132 - continuing to learn not to worry what others think but what God thinks

#133 - people who live out their faith and set tremendous examples for me to follow

#132 - birthday breakfasts

#133 - those last minute plans that ended up being the best

#134 - finding exactly what you were looking for and knowing God cares about even the smallest details of your life

#135 - our wonderful school

#136 - their fabulous teachers (can't say this enough)

#137 - clean water

#138 - His peace in my heart despite this world's troubles

#139 - hymns and verses that come to mind that were tucked away in childhood

#140 - that I was his exception

For these and more I am grateful...