One Thousand Gifts

Here's my list... I started it on January 1, 2011

1. waking up in my own bed
2. a husband who does laundry
3. so many material blessings that constantly need reorganizing
4. rain (in January) that makes puddles for gleeful children to jump in 
5. leftover turkey soup and tuna melts
6. finding the first prophecy of the Lord Jesus in Genesis 3:15
7. Sunday mornings
8. Mom's meatballs and rice
9. afternoon naps
10. a daughter who calls me beautiful
11. Enoch walked with God and was not
12. a fresh start and a clean room
13. rainbows
14. walks with visual scavenger hunts
15. working out
16. masterful scaffolds of pillows and baskets made by a little boy desperate to reach something
17. not paying $90 for 3 chicken breasts
18. writing letters to dear children
19. thirty minute naps to recharge
20. wonderful blogs, both spiritual and financial
21. MOPS!!!
22. P90 with hubby
23. coupons
24. God's holy and living word
25. going to the mailbox and finding that cream envelope from Compassion that says "Message from your Sponsor Child"
26. first letter from Allan
27. a land of plenty
28. Ben's face when watching Peep
29. remembering the Lord Jesus with believers
30. Sunday afternoons
31. digging into the Word
32. alone time
33. successful days
34. Loury from Haiti
35. 2 hour family walks on Saturdays with friends
36. sending letters to sponsor children
37. verse challenge with Anna and the Siestas
38. But our God is in the heavens, He does all that He pleases.  Ps 115:3
39. my neighborhood and neighbours
40. birthday parties full of laughs
41. every good and perfect gift
42. sunshine and 6C/43F in January
43. being made for more than food cravings
44. playdates
45. lovely cups of tea
46. a child's simple delight in a balloon
47. raspberries on tummies and ensuing giggles
48. Therefore, we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.  2 Cor 5:9
49. prayer phone calls with Margaret
50. Becky!
51. studying Covenant
52. sharing fresh bread with others
53. a husband who loves me
54. "really" talking with my mom
55. love & marriage
56. playing Blokus after the kids are in bed
57. the Boy's mad dance skills to the closing credits of "Finding Nemo"
58. "quiet" times that aren't really quiet... the sounds of life
59. getting books in the mail
60. God who is sovereign
61. stitches on a wedding quilt made with love, all by hand
62. flax seeds
63. Maria
64. Tania
65. Allan
66. Camilo
67. Katherine
68. Loury
69. Brent's job
70. knowing God will provide
71. dentist appointments that require early morning snuggles with the Girl
72. a grumbling tummy to help me relate to my daughter and my sponsor children
73. piles of laundry, which means we have an abundance of clothes
74. computers that allow us to talk to and with friends and family
75. friends to watch the Boy... Katie & Cameron
76. Elizabeth for support at the dentist's office
77. Ann's challenge to make this list
78. good dentists
79. insurance and an emergency fund
80. Loury's photo and info packet arriving
81. I am married to Super Awesome!
82. a deposit by the CRA... nothing short of miraculous
83. monthly girls' movie night
84. providential connections discovered
85. a gentle, caring doctor who is good with sick little boys
86. holding little Sophia
87. sharing a meal with Sophia's parents and brother
88. learning more about the Lord's covenants
89. having a quiet time to write to sponsor children
90. AWANA
91. having the means to assemble goodies for sponsor children
92. a husband who gets up in the night with a sick child
93. an army of leaf blowers on February 1... when we're more used to snow blowers :)
94. warm sunshine on my back as I study God's word  (it's usually dark when I do this).
95. a clean kitchen, for the moment
96. napping children
97. getting some letters into the mailbox on time
98. neighbors who allow you to use their mailbox for that last letter that didn't quite make it in time
99. tea straight from India, and the friend who brought it
100. excitement for my family's visit at the end of February, D. V.