Faith, Folklore, and Friends

Ann Voskamp began the Gratitude Community to list at least 1000 gifts from our Heavenly Father...a list to praise the Giver of Gifts and remind us not to overlook the good things in our lives. My list starts today. 01. My Father, and his mercy 02. Jesus, and his redemption 03. Holy Spirit, and his comfort 04. My good husband 05. My first born son 06. My baby boy 07. Two daughters-in-law 08. Two grandaughters, the joy of my life 09. My earthy family 10. My spiritual family 11. Clean water 12. Sunshine 13. Topsoil 14. Books. Books. 15. Freedom 16. Education 17. Bats 18. Birds 19. Banjos 20. Bach 21. Salt 22. Shelter 23. Taco Soup 24. Toothpaste 25. Teaching

Celebrate this day by seeing what's around you. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever . Psalm 107:1

Every day is a gift, time to try again, another chance to do it right. We wake up and decide. Twenty-four empty hours that we fill up, knowing after they are spent, they will never come again. Before we let the dog out or the aroma of coffee fills the kitchen, we can choose to make this good day. There may be speed bumps to avoid, some so enormous that we scramble to find an alternate road. Mistakes made yesterday, or the day before, or the year before, will rise up, seeking to influence our thinking, but they are powerless, gone, forgiven, a part of the past, not a part of this new day. All of us have regrets of time and opportunities wasted, sometimes simply because it was easier not to try; fear of failure can be so frightening. Determine to make this day special! Fill it with things that will bring good memories, smiles when we remember it. If we make a small difference in some one's life today, we will make a large difference in our own. This is the day which the LORD hath mad...