Thankful for
1. The hours before dawn, when it's still dark outside, and the city, for a few short hours, is finally sleeping, and the morning call to prayer reminds me that only GOD is great.
2. Music, and how the lilting notes dance together to make a melody of prayer, of worship, of joy, of healing.
3. The Wilderness, because the Living Water is even more sweet in the stark and barren desert places.
4. Family, and love and hugs and games and singing and piles of dishes washed together and secrets late at night. Memories.
5. Grief and loss, because they mean we have loved.
6. Friends - the baring of souls, the strengthening words of encouragement, the helping up of one who has fallen, the holding up of one who is weak, sharing joy as we share life.
7. Coffee, and the milk that swirls so creamy in the mug from a dearest friend that asks if I know how much I am loved and the sun that spills through the windows and the beauty of this morning ritual and the senses to enjoy it.
8. Fresh flowers on my table whose existence praises their Creator and reminds me to praise too.
9. Conflict, and the way we rub each other wrong, because it offers opportunity to bend, chances to love, a moment in which to look with eyes of Grace and see His masterpiece - His poiema, the Sacred in the sinner.
10. Peace, not the hollow assurance of smooth sailing, but the Strength that storms my heart and captains my soul through waters rough and unknown. HE is our Peace.
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