And when she walks through the garden at twilight, and the hollyhocks sway their scarlet bells out by the wheat field, I stand on the porch and wonder.
What it would be like – to only have that in my life today — which I murmured thanks to God to last night?
The sweet corn’s coming into tassel.
The wheat’s ripening dark gold.
Maybe today to dig a hole for the posts to put in the new clothesline? Drive to the country hardware with the windows rolled down and the fields flying by?
It’s hot and dry here.
Rain fell soundless sometime last night.
The way thanks can water a life….
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fresh fruit pie and dollops sliding like melting snow in July
tiger lilies in the ditch; the Farmer grinning and gathering a bouquet for my Mama
lemonade on hot Sundays
smiling grandmas in turquoise shoes
this little time management help — maybe it can help a happy, flailing farm girl?
hard eucharisteo: teary confessions and hard conversations
rain in the middle of a sultry July night
celebrating the long goodness of God with good friends
found sandals on the lawn, girls wearing Mama Birks, playing house under the pines
double pink begonias spilling all over the porch
smiling as excited boys look for their picture in the Korean edition of One Thousand Gifts {“How can they write like that, Mom? And isn’t it amazing how people on the other side of the world love Jesus and are thanking Him too, Mom?” ~smile~ Yes! Amazing!}
old tractors shining
picking purple coneflowers with her in the picket garden fence
this fun little summer treat to love on the kids
pork on the BBQ and boys asking for a second helping and laughter of old friends that have been gone too long
hens done moulting and excited little hands carrying in fresh eggs
perfect ugly beautiful: dripping ice cream cones
week #14 at NYTimes — only God doing something only for Himself – that His children may find joy, and it’s all in Him!
gathering of sinners saved and the hymns rising
comfort of always prayer : oh, am I holding onto Him, prayers to Him
reset buttons
beginning the week with this song… Oh, be Thou My Vision, Lord…
hard eucharisteo: grief
What else have I in heaven but you?
Apart from you I want nothing on earth.
#2589- #2612 of giving thanks for appalling grace… watering a life with thanks … …more of the One Thousand Gifts
that never end..
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Related Resources:
Free Printable: July’s Free Gratitude Calendar
Free Printable: 7 Gifts Good & Perfect : A Weekly Gratitude booklet (find folding instructions for booklet here)
And from the archives: How to {help} Raise Grateful Kids : A Primer for the Summer
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