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Multitude Monday

In this season of waiting, anticipation, I am reminded of the gifts I have already received.....
holy experience

176. Family games around the dining table
177. Grown men yelling at a pigskin
178. Christmas dinner parties
179. Praise songs
180. Thanks from a student
181. Satellite radio
182. Christmas bears

183. Completed repairs
184. Frost sparkling like diamonds
185. Cards in the mail
186. Homemade gifts
187. Truth
188. Blackberry jelly
189. Charles Dickens

190. Quiet mornings
191. UPS truck in my driveway
192. Mistletoe


193. Flowers in winter


194. Tender hearts
195. Directions
196. Those who never give up
197. A wonderful semester finished
198. Courtesy
199. Old music that is forever new
200. Smells of Christmas



You hem me in-behind and before; you have laid you hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Psalm 139:5-6

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  1. Ah yes... the gifts we have already received...

    Yours are beautiful... and I bow low with you.

    Thank you....

    All's grace,
    Ann

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