Posted in food, praise, tagged food, gratitude, mushrooms on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is my gratitude list for today.
I am incredibly thankful for the following:
for butter. The nutty flavor it lends to anything that cooks in it.
for pasta and all its versatility, especially the concept of ravioli.
for caramelized onions. Especially when done in butter and perhaps a little bit of wine to add sweetness…..yummmmmm
for mushrooms. [...]
Posted in family, praise, tagged adoption, faith, God, gratitude, praise on July 14, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Like this weekend for instance.
Ya’ll all know that we had an adoption match that “went south”
The birth-parents went AWOL, we found out the extended family didn’t support the adoption, all kinds of stuff happened to ensure that the match was one that we would walk away from.
But through all that happened last weekend we came [...]
Posted in family, infertility, praise, tagged adoption, failed adoption, gratitude on July 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
There are good things that have come out of this past weekend. But before I start listing them I want to make sure to say this: God is Good. Even if this weekend had been unadulterated sorrow, God would STILL be Good.
But it wasn’t all awful or tense. This past weekend, just [...]
Posted in praise, tagged God, adoption, christian walk, gratitude on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and he shall direct your paths.
it does NOT say “he MIGHT direct your path” it says He WILL
I’m going to chew on that for a while and get back to you.
God has [...]
Posted in praise, tagged God, christian walk, gratitude on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
but it doesn’t involve a grrrrrrrrrrr sound.
What I mean by that is that it’s not really gratitude if I’m grinding my teeth.
Pray for God to unclench my teeth this week.
Life is not going quite as planned right this minute. I AM praising God, but I’m kinda doing it through clenched jaws. So please pray for [...]
Posted in praise, tagged God, christian walk, scripture, devotional, gratitude on June 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Jude 1: 24 & 25
24. To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
25. to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages,
now and forevermore! Amen.
And to present [...]
Posted in praise, tagged God, christian walk, devotions, gratitude on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is rain a blessing?
In the physical world we have no trouble understanding this. Rain IS a blessing. It makes things grow, it moderates our climate, it is necessary.
Yes, there are also floods, and monsoons and erosion and damage caused by rain, but over all we seem to have no trouble understanding that rain is [...]
Posted in praise, tagged God, Martin, christian walk, Missy, gratitude, bible study, Beth Moore, hair on June 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
up till this year I swore I would never do a “Beth Moore bible Study”
First off I thought she was just a “self help” type of writer.
Also I hated the marketing campaign. I thought it was awful (although certainly not unique) that every time you see a poster for one of her bible studies [...]
Posted in praise, tagged God, gratitude on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The sounds of silence
This morning as I lay in bed I was struck by the sounds in my quiet home
51. the whisper of my husband’s hand running up my arm as he tries gently to get me to wake up
52. the relief when either one of us hits the snooze button
53. the [...]
Posted in praise, work, tagged gratitude on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
41. the cold sweetness of ice cream (or in my case, frozen yogurt)
42. friends. Bloggy ones, in-person ones, work ones, long distance ones. All kinds. The kind wishes and heartfelt joy that my friends of all kinds have expressed over our good news this week has amazed and humbled me.
43. [...]
