Acknowledging gifts. Turns frowns upside down. Cheesy statement, but changing the attitude of the mind and the heart also changes our actions and reactions. Before gifts, discontentment, heartache, heartbreak, sadness, frustration, silliness, waywardness, ungratefulness. After gifts, recognizing God's hand in each individual act, measure of gift, goodness, blessing changes us from the inside out. Not only for that moment, or moments, but when we reflect, these gifts become like Ebenezer's, stones of remembrance of the goodness, the blessed-ness of God, in His in-fine-ite MERCY.
0173. a new Bible study
0174. declaring the glory of the Lord through giving
0175. beautiful shelves left to be hung
0176. unexpected compliment
0177. the cooler temperatures after a long run of rather warm
0178. being told I was a good Bible study teacher
0179. time, lots of time with the Lord
0180. a mostly clean house
0181. a husband in pursuant of cherishing his wife
0182. listening to a book on Audible - the blessings of technology
0183. cooler temperatures, warm house
0184. empty laundry baskets
0185. successful surgery
0186. recuperation
0187. those things that are saving my life right now, changing my outlook, adjusting my attitude
0188. a busy morning that made time fly
0189. good conversation with friends, laughter, fun, and good food.
0190. a couple good back and forth texts with a dear sweet lady and a new, sweet lady.