Monday, January 3, 2011

1000 Gifts: New Year Blessings

It is good to give thanks to the LORD
         And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
    To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning
         And Your faithfulness by night
Psalm 92:1-2


With much thanksgiving I continue my list of blessings too numerable to count...

601-621...
* a road trip weekend to see friends who are family

* the energy of a four year old boy

* playing outside in the fresh air

* a trip to the National Zoo

* worshiping together

* high fives during the greeting instead of the customary pleasantry of a handshake

* chili dogs with cheese, homemade doughnuts, Star Wars pancakes, and all of the other goodies from the weekend

*  the point in life when staying up to ring in the New Year isn't as important as the tired feeling making the eyes heavy

* "I wish you could stay another day."  and "I wish we didn't have to go home."  heard the whole weekend long

* watching boys grow and mature - from wee babes to tall 12 and 10 year old young men 

* the sweetness of a friendship with young men known since infancy

*Chops playing with a Lollipop - making dinner in a new pink kitchen

*introducing the newest member of our clan to them

* silly jokes that make little sense to grown ups - "What do you call a man that's made out of a cannonball?"

* a challenge to RUN without weights that slow us, avoiding the sin that halts us - for the purpose to glorify the ONE who is WORTHY

* finding freedom in the word "NO"

* a picture of grumpy faces having no fun and then the real photo



* good-byes with the promise to do this type of fun weekend adventure again soon

* a good bye hug from a big girl with a big smile who wouldn't come near me at the beginning of the weekend

* a safe trip home through rain and traffic 

* the "back to routine" of this first full week of January 2011 - school, work, church, and life - remembering that our God is not a God of chaos - but a God of order.


Praise God from Whom all blessing flow.
Praise Him all creatures here below.
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts.
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!






2 comments:

Heather said...

Oh, G... words cannot express... thanks too many to count. We love you guys like family. NO, you ARE family... and we are blessed. Thank you, a gazillion times over, for sharing your brood, for sharing your lives, for sharing your love. We love you to pieces... and look forward to next weekend. See you then :)

Melanie said...

They are precious!!! :) I have 2 boys and Christmas seemed like so much more fun experiencing it through their eyes...

Blessings,
Melanie