"Eucharisteo always precedes the miracle!"
- The feel of sunshine on my skin
- Getting an affirming email
- Knowing where a verse is in Scripture
- My Freedom Session small group
- Giraffes
- Steven Curtis Chapman's music
- Christmas music
- "Winterfall"
- By HIS Grace Interpreting Team
- I can approach the throne of grace with confidence
- Reading an excellent book
- Friends who believe in me
- Co-workers who support my dreams
- BBQ Ranch Chicken Salads
- That moment when I'm wrapped in a cocoon of worship and hear nothing else, see nothing else--just me and Jesus
- Shockingly bright concrete after a pressure washing
- Winning the Dream Trip of a Lifetime to Vegas
- Bright, Strong Gerber Daisies
- Dreaming
- Belly-laughter
- Easy eye contact
- Friends who know when I start listening to Christmas music
- Thankful words
- People who call and leave Scripture on my work voice mail
- Shockingly broken stereotypes
- Clean sheets
- Cancer
- Waiting
- Paying my mortgage
- Water and floating in it
- Loud laughter
- Happy dogs
- Navigating a boat through shallow and daaangerous waters
- The smell of hay
- Wind rushing through open car windows
- Sunsets
- TobyMac - Tonight
- Round bales drying in the summer air
- Sisters
- Liberia
- The silence when white noise is removed
- A warm breeze
- The dappled sunlight through the trees
- Tree canopy
- Church. THE Church.
- Encouraging others
- Change
- New ideas
- Sunshine sparkling on new snow
- Funny jokes
- Life aligning with Scripture
- Learning new tricks on the computer
- Making amends
- Beating laziness
- Trips to the dumpster
- The Holy Spirit alive in my church
- Beautiful word pictures
- Recreated hymns
- New life kept alive!
- Movies with sisters
- Hot days cooling off
- Movies that make you laugh
- Fog in crispy morning air
- Kitty kisses
- Not having to stop the shower during the summer because the smoke detector isn't going to go off
- Incredible new worship songs
- Clean carpets
- Word studies
- God's love never fails, it never gives up, it never runs out on me
- Horses
- Children grown to beautiful men and women
- Grins that never stop
- 3 Gifts Red, Read, Written
Red: Gerber daisies - especially red! - Read: Other people's gifts
- Written: Encouragement to other people
- The excitement of being entered in drawings!
- A Gift Straight, Curve, Turn
Straight: Serry's hair grown in straight - Curve: Secret smiles hiding laughter
- Turn: Freedom from the need to control
- Finishing a book
- Starting a new book
- Lunch with an old friend
- Voices of family
- A good night's sleep
- 3 Gifts Old
The jar vase filled with my grandmother's polished rocks - My hands are my mother's hands are my grandmother's hands
- The Word of God, living and active
- Green lights all the way down College
- Being lifted up by the U40's
- 3 Gifts Moving
Wind blowing the flowers on my geranium - Spiritual growth
- Sunlight peeking through moving tree branches into my window
- A Gift one, two, three:
One: Ephesians 4--one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God - Two: My hands that sign
- Three: We sisters three
- Clean sheets
- Bass pounding on my bare feet
- Men's voices raised in worship
- Being blessed with so many people who serve on our worship teams
- Pastors who seek God's heart
- That there is beauty behind some of our Christian cliche's
- I am certain I hear my Savior's voice, even if it FEELS confusing - HE is not confusion
- I have people in my life who support whatever decisions I make--even if others don't
- William's laugh
- Friends helping me carry heavy things
- Being asked to speak in church
- Being trusted
- Sparkly clean bathrooms
- 3 Miracles
My sister's healing from cancer - The incredible love of my Savior
- The future, promised and cherished
- Breaking habits, forming new ones
- Wind blowing through the open windows of my car
- Fields green, turned golden
- Passing communion
- Taking communion
- Stadium lights in fall
- The full moon lighting the world
- Songs that make you blast the radio
- The ocean, my heart
- Haiti
- Cool washcloths on a hot day
- Selling things
- Migrating geese
- The release of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani
- A jet black foal
- Ocean sunsets
- Seeing my breath
- The moon in silhouette
- The sliver of the moon
- Being told I'm a REALLY good interpreter
- New friends
- Being told by kids that I should be a youth pastor
- Being invited (by parents and kids alike) to share in their family day
- The crisp feel of fall mornings
- The juxtaposition of freezing mornings with hot afternoons
- Winterfall
- Christmas music snuck on early fall days
- The feeling that things WILL be right in the world, hope exists, seasons change, and you always have HOME--all resounding in the first few notes of a song
- My friend Sarah's healing
- Serry, healed
- A splash of sunlight
- Fall leaves
- Pumpkins
- Crisp mornings
- Darkness at night
- Sunflowers
- Liking new vegetables
- Having friends
- Ezra
- Victoria
- Leading
- Being included
- God's Word, spoken clearly
- Encouragement
- Courage
- Jake's Farnsworth
- Adrenaline in front of people
- New shoes
- Wanting movement
- Someone else replacing my headlights
- "All Clear" MRI's
- Jenn's glitter shoes
- Words
- The Holy Spirit moving freely
- A toasty heater
- Warm blankets on freezing mornings
- Friends gotten closer
- Whose Line is it Anyway? FAL Women's Edition
- Purry snuggles
- Laughing at the radio
- Friends who believe in you
- Asparagus
- Books
- 3 Gifts Hallowed
Hope--cherished - Silent breath of a breeze
- God's grace alive in my life
- Worship eclipsing fear
- Uncertainty for the future--depending on God's provision
- Hearing my mother say "I'm proud of you."
- The encouragement of my co-workers
- Anticipation
- Gifts Eaten
The comfort of Safeway's Baked Potato Soup - Dove Dark Chocolates
- 3 Gifts WornMy purple jade ring from our cruise to Alaska
- My silver cross--close to my heart to remind me of the sacrifice of my Savior
- My fun socks--especially the ones that say "chicks with brains"
- 3 Gifts That Start With N
Nehemiah--because I have a pastor who wants us all to truly find our places on the wall - Nerves--without having that feeling of being unsure of some things, our faith would never be forced to grow
- Northwest--one of the best places in the country
- Gifts Gathered, Given, Good
Broken, hurting people, gathered for healing and praise - Prayer given to those in need
- Good times with friends and loved ones
- 3 Gifts Acorn-Small
- Tiny stitches making a beautiful cross-stitch
- A small plant grown three feet tall
- Tiny twinkling lights on a Christmas tree
- 3 Gifts Government
Mail-in ballots - Paid holidays
- Freedom
- 3 Gifts From My Window
The changing trees, bare to bright to full to orange - Fall soccer games filled with family voices
- Streetlamps so I don't stub my toes
- A Gift Salty, Sweet, Sipped
The sweetness of God at our monthly believer's gatherings - Tasty Roasted Salted almonds
- Ice cold Diet Coke
- 3 Gifts Harvest
Bouquets of sunflowers - People meeting Jesus for the first time
- Anything I can grow on my deck
- Resting in the Almighty's shadow (Ps. 91)
- God's plans for the Promised Land (Gen. 12)
- Strength found in the joy of the Lord (Neh. 8)
- God knows exactly what He's doing
- 3 Gifts of Remembrance:
My grandfather crouched in front of the heater - My Gus-Gus, rolling in fresh, green grass
- My grandmother's Santas, decorating her house at Christmas
- 3 Gifts at Noon:
The reminder from Abraham's life that even a screw up can hear from God and be used by Him - Friends who rebuke the lies that you may repeat about yourself
- A warm house
- 3 Gifts Behind a Door:
My next step in life - Books inside library doors
- Friends welcoming me into their homes
- 3 Gifts Silent:My home, peaceful
- My second language, ASL
- Frozen mornings
- 3 Gifts Golden:Beautiful gifts given by my co-workers--words of life and love, and I couldn't be more grateful
- God's moment to allow a friend and I to pray for a stranger in the freezing night air... again
- The edges of my Bible pages.
- 3 Gifts Hard Eucharisteo:Tears from a friend praying for her beautiful daughter
- Realizing that it is GOD'S grace that is sufficient for us, not that of those around us
- Being alone
- 3 Gifts of Laughter:
Serry and I "stealing" Amy's fried chicken - Little kids giggling after church
- Uncomfortable laughter after hearing AMAZING stories of God's protection
- A gift made, shared, passed on:Christmas presents!
- God's story, shared today
- The bulldog poster
- 3 Gifts Autumn:The smell of fall
- The soccer field drowning in water
- Bare trees
- 3 Gifts of Traditions:Christmas breakfasts--Eve=breakfast casserole, Day=cinnamon rolls
- Gift to Jesus, first thing Christmas morning
- 1,786 consecutive days of Scripture read
- Polished wood, cleanly gleaming at me
- Fat cats, asleep at my feet
- A microphone in my hand
- The smell of Christmas
- "Nothing" - and "Everything"
- Missionaries
- Awesome new pens
- Days off
- Daylight
- Rain
- Tides
- Communion
- Being friends with my Freedom Session small group
- Being called a leader
- Crickets chirping at night
- People who believe in women in ministry
- Being capable
- Acting in spite of fear
- The smell of freshly cut grass in late winter
- Ducks back in the pond
- Women proclaiming the truth of God
- Quiet
- Tears
- Kids WANTING to talk to me
- Seth's face when I told him how KIND I thought he was
- Waiting
- The piercing pain in your heart that says "you're not there yet."
- Trust
- Having a flexible schedule with a good income
- My insurance isn't great, but it's better than nothing
- The smell of llamas
- Smiling
- God speaking to the preacher first
- Laughing at funny TV shows
- Lockwood snuggled under my arm
- Fighting for the rights of women
- Justice
- God's grace acting in spite of my need for justice
- "I Preach Like a Girl" t-shirts
- Sleep
- A balanced budget
- Pastor
- Hashtags
- Hold times
- New clothes
- 12th Man
- Interpreting calls from Washington
- People sharing my blog
- Brand new churches
- Being in ministry
- Encouraging people
- HOPE
- The Doctor
- Getting Doctor Who gifts from my Mystery Pixie
2 comments:
You like asparagus?? haha I want to start my own list. :-)
I do NOW! YUM!
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