About 2 years ago I began to journal…just write stuff. It began as a calendar sort of thing, to remember “firsts” & funny things the girls did. The original purpose transformed into a prayer journal & place for sermon notes, quotes I like, stuff I want to have all in one place. Then I ran across the challenge to count the endless ways He blesses me and added it to the journal too!
Somewhere midst the packed boxes of books in storage (waiting for their final destination in our new home that we haven’t found yet) are 2 journals containing lots of memories, struggles, tears, laughter…and LOTS of ink. I just finished my third one. There, among the pages of those journals, are the gifts He gives me in the everyday chaos. Someday as I dig through and read them, I’ll record those first gifts here…all in one place…but until then, I’ll begin a new list here…
1. coffee
2. quiet mornings
3. sleepy faces hidden by lots of hair
4. Christmas music
5. Lazy days of no schedule
6. Friends who are family
7. Recipe gathering & baking day
8. Belly growls quieted by homemade yogurt & granola
9. Cinnamon rolls (enough said)
10. Pizza
11. Zumba
12. old friends
13. contagious giggles
14. a no “pull-up” day (even though there were 2 accidents)
15. sore muscles
16. summer’s harvest in the oven
17. my love…obsessing along WITH me!
So many more. Endless gifts…join me in counting yours.
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