"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask him!" Matthew 7:11 ESV
Echaristeo... First Fifty:
- Processing of adoption papers and the hope it holds
- The soul friends and family surrounding me
- A good, good Father who gives good gifts to his children
- Voices harmonizing in music
- Smell of a campfire
- The way I fit under his arm and across his chest
- Common Grace
- My name yelled with a kindergarten lisp
- Ah-ha teaching moments
- A clean house
- Too many family members than can fit in one room
- Granma’s sourdough bread
- Words from another that give voice to my soul
- Creation’s colors in perfect combination
- Sweet nephews running around the house
- Laughter of friends filling a room
- Long lingering evenings of fellowship
- Smells that transport me to a memory long since forgotten
- Hot coffee
- Receiving an answer from God despite the lack of proper petition, but just because he is a good father who desires to give good gifts
- Unplanned mornings
- The corporate gathering of believers united in depravity, but even more through redemption
- Being called mom
- Voices filling my home
- Cold feet under warm blankets
- Words used to edify and instruct
- Mornings with no alarm
- Acting on a prompting of the Holy Spirit
- Sharing the deepest intimacies of life with soul friends
- Consistency when we find it
- Acting in wisdom
- A new roof that didn’t cost us a dime
- Watching students grow and mature
- Relaying the incredible story of redemption to jaws dropping
- Extending mercy that is beyond myself
- Receiving mercy beyond myself
- Painful lessons that bear healing fruit
- Daily words of my Heavenly Father sent to me by my earthly one
- Letters written by my soulmate
- The opportunity to make plans, though life is grass
- Being sealed for eternity
- Opportunities to cook for others
- Passports
- Cultures foreign to me with their own unique offerings to this race
- Opportunities had to travel and ones to hopefully come
- Christmas decorations made from toilet paper rolls and styrofoam
- Fall leaves crunching under feet
- Tastes of food that are so closely connected to memories just as flavorful
- A chance to defend art
- A chance to introduce concepts, colors, and masterpieces to a fresh audience
