1000 Gifts

1000 gifts. I have not been numbering them, nor have I been very good the last few days about noticing them. And it shows. In my attitude. A bit of irritability, with a dab of self-pity stirred in. Not appealing!

If I keep coming back to these things, perhaps the habit of praising and noticing will become stronger.

Recent gifts:

• Mission trips for junior high youth (JUMMP)
• Like-minded souls, especially when I am feeling different, alone or unsure
• God's Word, which tells me to be a God-pleaser and not a people pleaser
• Communion and kneeling in prayer at the rail
  
• Prayer teen(s) at VBS this week

A focus on praising God and the discipline of noticing gifts from God makes me a different better person.