Gratitude Saturday Day 7

For all the new Reformers- Saturday's are Gratitude Saturday's. A day to reflect and write about what we are grateful for. I got the idea from my friend Holly, and I love it.



This day, this very special day, is my oldest daughter's Birthday. Today, she is no longer a teenager, but a young woman. Today she is 20. So my entire post is all about my gratitude for having her in my life. It seems like just yesterday I was carrying her in my arms and giggling with joy at her infant stages. I wish I could have one of those days back, they pass all too quickly. Please excuse me today if I brag, but she is one of my greatest assets!

Alyssa Jennifer (Alyssa Pooh, Pooh Bear, Sweet Pea) I am grateful for and love:

• Your beautiful smile
• Your kind heart towards others in need
• How you display servant leadership
• The strong prophetic gift within you
  
• Your intense love for God and desire to be His disciple
• Your choice in friends
• Your gift of mentoring and encouraging younger teenage girls and planning hang out nights just for them
  
• Your cute bubble butt (sorry sweetie, but you know its cute)
• Your striking blue eyes
• That you call me to tell me how your day is going
• That you invite me for coffee
• Your creative heart and love for painting and colors
• How you express your love for me in cards
• How you treasure your special sister
• How you can reach Matt in his language and a way that he understands
• That you LOVE to talk to me...... did I say LOVE, I mean LOVE (its what I asked God for!!)
  
• Your romantic heart
  
• That you are saving yourself for that one really special guy
  
• That you love the outdoors
• That you love trying new things
  
• Your incredible ability to learn and excel at school
• That you are an extravagant worshiper and a closet dancer
• Your sense for style, and the desire to dress modestly
• How you make me try new fashion
  
• That you adore your Dad, and see all his strengths
• How you can do your hair in so many unique adorable ways
• That you are intensely passionate about almost everything in your life
• Your zest and exuberance for life period
  
• That you love having fun, being silly, and watching old movies

I love everything about you.

You are all I ever dreamed of in a daughter and I consider myself unbelievably blessed to think that you came from your dad and I.

I am rich and full of love and gratitude this day; everyday, forever and always.

Gratitude Saturday

Today I am grateful for:

1. His peace that passes all understanding
2. Sunshine and wildflowers
3. Good friends for my kids
4. My health
5. The tenderness of my husband
6. The Holy Spirit -my comforter
7. New leaves on trees
8. Jewelry (my daughter says, it all about the accessories)
9. That God writes our paychecks
10. Pastries from the Farmers Market

Gratitude Saturday

Today I am grateful for many things.........

1. My amazing babe of a husband
2. Lindsay's forever perma smiles
3. Matt's sense of humor
4. Alyssa's keen mind, and ability to make friends
5. His unending love for me
6. Mountains
7. Friends
8. Simple acts of thoughtfulness shown to me
9. The possibilities that only come from Him
10. Supernatural provision for all my needs
11. Tucker (my friends dog that I really like)

Gratitude Saturday

Yesterday, Sid and Alyssa worked all day, and Matt and I worked at home, spring cleaning, making pies and tarts, cutting the grass and doing laundry. Then, we were invited to a hike on Knox Mountain, and a blindfold Easter Egg hunt on the beach. What fun!

I was thanking God and praising Him through the entire hike, and I have now found a new "date spot" for me and my man.
Walking in nature makes me want to worship God, and thank Him for the intricacies of His handiwork.



God this Easter Saturday - I am grateful for:

1. Your great love, just for me
   
2. Sunshine and the beautiful songs of birds
3. Wildflowers on mountains
4. Endless miles of beautiful water
5. My Mom and Dad
6. Sid's Parent's
7. That each day is a brand new day, a fresh start
   
8. Family dinners
9. Cadbury Mini Eggs (mmmmm) I like them way too much!
10. Bethesda Group Home and it's awesome staff
11. Lindsay's giggles and her soft hands and long eyelashes
12. Matt's sense of humor
13. Alyssa's sensitivity and compassion
14. Sid's courage, vision, and tenderness
15. God providing ALL of my needs
16. Good friends who remember the "little details" and think of me
17. My keyboard
18. Inspiring music and musicians

Day One - Again, Again!

Still on day 1, hardly complained today, but it only takes once to move the bracelet and start again!! I'm still really excited because I am feeling the results of the last Reformation and now this one.

Onward and upward!!

Well, its gratitude Saturday, and I am grateful for many things. I am grateful for:

• The Sunny Okanagan and the beautiful mountains
  
• The chance to dig all morning in my garden
• Bethesda group home and all the awesome staff
  
• Lindsay's sweet spirit
• Alyssa's happy heart
• Matt's awesome attitude
• The way my hubby takes such good care of me
• Chocolate
• New friends
• Old friends
• Great books
• God providing all of my needs according to His riches
• New worship relationships
• The revelation of His great love
• My soaker tub
  

Gratitude Saturday

My friend Holly has started a great habit. Every Saturday she posts a page on her blog called "Gratitude Saturday"

What a great thought! Every Saturday she writes about things she is grateful for. She is an inspiration, and has such a bubby contagioius attitude, and is a great listener. I've decided that we need to join her each Saturday, as part of our Reformation site.
Thanks Holly! I am grateful for you.


Gratitude, appreciation, or thankfulness, is an emotion, which involves a feeling of emotional indebtedness towards another person; often accompanied by a desire to thank them, or to reciprocate for a favour they have done for you. In a religious context, gratitude can also refer to a feeling of indebtedness towards a deity, e.g. the expression of gratitude to God is a central theme of Christianity.


"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."- Marcel Proust

"Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary." - Margaret Cousins

So this Gratitude Saturday, the beginning of a New Reformation I am grateful for:

My husband and kids
My son's butterfly kisses
My daughter's constant giggles and contagious smile
My other daugther's zest for life and people
Yummy red currant jam
Saturday morning family breakfasts
Music
Friends who are the gardeners that help my soul blossom
The Chief Gardener (God) who cultivates the soil in my heart
Laughter and the ability to laugh at myself
My mom and dad
Sunshine and flowers
Spring