Gift List
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more1000 Gifts: Awake
On Friday, November 24 th, 2006I feel new habits strengthening, new ways of seeing, new– good– ways of thinking. Jotting down 1000 Gifts from Abba’s hand is a lot of jotting. It requires me to stay aware, attentive, always looking. Frost on blades of grass, birds singing in the Manitoba Maple, the hue and feel of the sky over the woods. Now, when my mind has opportunity t...
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moreA Sacrifice that Honors: Giving Thanks
On Thursday, November 23 rd, 2006The unthankful heart … discovers no mercies;but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,as the magnet finds the iron,so it will find, in every hour,some heavenly blessings.~ Henry Ward Beecher a snippet from the list on the way to recording 1000 gifts…. 322. polishing apples323. bubbles rising to the top in boiling water324. Shalom gently sw...
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Thankfulness Notes…
On Monday, November 20 th, 2006From Victoria @ Light for a Writer’s Soul “Life is rich when we look through the lens of gratitude, for indeed, our Creator has lavished us with His love.” From a note left in my inbox: “i just love your list of what God has given you. i especially love that He is showing you your uniqueness in creating you so perfectly individually and...
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Why Gifts?
On Friday, November 17 th, 2006Who am I? That the eyes that see my sin Would look on me with loveAnd watch me rise againWho am I?That the voice that calm the sea,Would call out through the rain,And calm the storm in me. Not because of who I am. But because of what You’ve done. Not because of what I’ve done. But because of who You are. Casting Crowns… listen here Lord, a...
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moreOn Tuesday, November 14 th, 2006
“And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.” ~2 Cor. 4:15 Reflect with other Christians in today’s In Other Words at CWO, who are seeing it all as gift from the Giver. Will you join us? Today, I hear Him whipser to me… as He did to Job: “...
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moreLooking
On Friday, November 10 th, 2006“If it’s God we’re looking for, as I suspect we all are, maybe the reason we haven’t found Him is that we’re not looking very hard.” ~Frederick Beuchner Lord, You are here. It is just a matter of whether I am looking. Give me eyes to see today.
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moreOne Thousand Gifts: Voices
On Friday, November 10 th, 2006From Elise Hooper of Joy in the Morning: “I’m joining the ladies at Christian Women Online in writing my own One Thousand Gifts List. Because of this, these days, everything I do, say; everything I am, is being flavored by my thoughts of thankfulness. My eyes, my thoughts, are fixed and bent upon it. It has been and will continue to be an exercis...
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moreGratitude…It is all gift.
On Thursday, November 09 th, 2006“Gratitude is… the leading edge of joy. It happens when the big reality hits you. You have no more right to be loved than anyone else. Your job is a fluke. Your children have no more right to health and security than the children in Bosnia. Your friends are not obligated to put up with you. Your education—well, you were not born into ...
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moreInstead of …..
On Wednesday, November 08 th, 2006I have wanted a bag for my little Alphasmart, books, pens and journals (and the odd diaper and package of crayons) … and thought I found one for auction on ebay… and was considering bidding (the auction is at less than $20 presently)…. and then December’s Childview Magazine (highly recommend to read online) came today in the mail from W...
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One Thousand Gifts: Everything with Gratitude
On Wednesday, November 08 th, 2006“Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.” ~ G.K. Chesterton Snippets of gratitude, recording One Thousand Gifts… all from His gracious hand. 182. Handel’s Messiah, year round, lifting the rafters183. wringing out dirty mops, all that dirt gone184. keeping company with Jesus while va...
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moreThanksgiving Threads
On Tuesday, November 07 th, 2006From Adele Calhoun’s Spiritual Disciplines: “Thanksgiving is possible not because everything goes perfectly but because God is present. The Spirit of God is within us—nearer to us than our own breath. It is a discipline to choose to stitch our days together with the thread of gratitude. But the decision to do so is guaranteed to stitch us cl...
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moreOne Thousand Gifts: Beginning
On Monday, November 06 th, 2006“If God has come in the flesh, and if God keeps coming to us in our fleshly experience, then all of life is shot through with meaning. Earth is crammed with heaven, and heaven (when we finally get there) will be crammed with earth. Nothing wasted. Nothing lost. Nothing secular. Nothing absurd…. All are grist for the mill of a down-to-earth spirituality.”...
