May 17, 2007

• Fifty Reasons to Give Thanks

  

  1.                  
  We know Whom to
  thank.

  2.                  
  The sun rose again this
  morning.

  3.                  
  The opportunity to pray for people
  facing crises this day.

  4.                  
  Clean clothes to
  wear.

  5.                  
  Food in the cupboard – Kashi Go Lean
  is my choice today.

  6.                  
  The milk is cold.  It would be sooo
  hard to be thankful for warm milk.

  7.                  
  Job security – I love being a mom
  and a teacher and a very part-time accountant.

  8.                  
  Almost instant communication with
  those I love through email.

  9.                  
  Asparagus, fresh from the
  farm.

  10.              
  Morel mushrooms, fresh from the
  forest.

  11.              
  Indoor
  plumbing.

  12.              
  Plants that refuse to die –
  impatiens and petunias.

  13.              
  A gentle
  breeze.

  14.              
  The Lord is
  near.

  15.              
  The Portable
  Dante – arrived from Amazon
  yesterday.

  16.              
  A clean silverware
  drawer.

  17.              
  The reappearance of old friends in
  our lives – lately, at the rate of about one a
  week!

  18.              
  Upcoming graduations and the
  celebration of work completed.

  19.              
  Upcoming weddings and the
  celebration of God’s goodness and provision.

  20.              
  The haunting beauty of Eva Cassidy’s
  music.

  21.              
  Compost.

  22.              
  Chainsaws and those who operate
  them.

  23.              
  Red bell peppers, Walla Walla sweet onions
  and sugar snap peas.

  24.              
  A friend who forgave me when I
  blanked out her birthday.

  25.              
  A good paring
  knife.

  26.              
  Fresh water, fresh lemon and good
  tea.

  27.              
  Singing the psalms – my current
  favorite is 116.

  28.              
  Dirt under the fingernails and weeds
  in the trash – I’ve never been a glovey person.

  29.              
  A table to rest your elbows on; a
  table to gather around; a table to set and clear.

  30.              
  Friends who ask penetrating
  questions and expect to be answered.

  31.              
  Electric light — by which to read
  at night.

  32.              
  A stack of Wendell Berry and Anthony
  Trollope books waiting to be read.

  33.              
  Sons who make me smile; sons who
  make me laugh; sons who make me cry.

  34.              
  Shaking the dustmop outside and
  saying goodbye to dustbunnies.

  35.              
  A piano in the house – available to
  play anytime.

  36.              
  The Decalogue (fancy way of saying
  Ten Commandments).

  37.              
  A friend with a persevering spirit
  in strife-torn Zimbabwe.

  38.              
  The joy of sharing a lovely loaf of
  bread with friends.

  39.              
  A brisk walk in the brisk
  air.

  40.              
  “Strength for today and bright hope
  for tomorrow” – from my mom’s favorite hymn.

  41.              
  Continuing forgiveness for repeated
  sins.

  42.              
  Becoming friends with my curly/wavy
  hair with streaks of gray.

  43.              
  Cabernet
  Sauvignon.

  44.              
  Another book filled with quotes and
  notes and pictures.

  45.              
  A husband who enjoys hugging
  me.

  46.              
  Fidelity expressed in both married
  and single people.

  47.              
  A laughing, coy, happy, expressive,
  running, talking grandson.

  48.              
  Daughters-in-law who bless me in
  multiple ways.

  49.              
  The blessed Lord who gives all these
  things and will take what He sees fit to take.

  50.              
  Bach’s organ music, Bach’s cello
  music, Bach’s violin music, Bach’s vocal music.

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