Eucharisteo [1-50]

"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:

1. Processing of adoption papers and the hope it holds 
2. The soul friends and family surrounding me
3. A good, good Father who gives good gifts to his children
4. Voices harmonizing in music 
5. Smell of a campfire
6. The way I fit under his arm and across his chest
7. Common Grace
8. My name yelled with a kindergarten lisp 
9. Ah-ha teaching moments 
10. A clean house 
11. Too many family members than can fit in one room
12. Granma’s sourdough bread
13. Words from another that give voice to my soul 
14. Creation’s colors in perfect combination 
15. Sweet nephews running around the house 
16. Laughter of friends filling a room 
17. Long lingering evenings of fellowship 
18. Smells that transport me to a memory long since forgotten
19. Hot coffee
20. 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 
21. Unplanned mornings 
22. The corporate gathering of believers united in depravity, but even more through redemption 
23. Being called mom 
24. Voices filling my home
25. Cold feet under warm blankets
26. Words used to edify and instruct 
27. Mornings with no alarm
28. Acting on a prompting of the Holy Spirit 
29. Sharing the deepest intimacies of life with soul friends
30. Consistency when we find it
31. Acting in wisdom
32. A new roof that didn’t cost us a dime
33. Watching students grow and mature 
34. Relaying the incredible story of redemption to jaws dropping
35. Extending mercy that is beyond myself
36. Receiving mercy beyond myself 
37. Painful lessons that bear healing fruit
38. Daily words of my Heavenly Father sent to me by my earthly one
39. Letters written by my soulmate 
40. The opportunity to make plans, though life is grass
41. Being sealed for eternity 
42. Opportunities to cook for others 
43. Passports
44. Cultures foreign to me with their own unique offerings to this race
45. Opportunities had to travel and ones to hopefully come
46. Christmas decorations made from toilet paper rolls and styrofoam 
47. Fall leaves crunching under feet 
48. Tastes of food that are so closely connected to memories just as flavorful 
49. A chance to defend art 
50. A chance to introduce concepts, colors, and masterpieces to a fresh audience