1000 Gifts: March Gratitude Prompts 2013

1. 3 gifts at 3 pm

charity shop finds of 1- vintage demitasse teacup at 1/2 price,

4  vintage china dinner plates at 1/2 price,

a safe return journey home 

2. 3 gifts green

potted tulips, afghan, bracelet 

3. 3 gifts worn

winter jacket, warm mitts, scarf 

4. 3 gifts hard to give thanks for

winter dragging on, empty nesting, daily meds for living

5. 3 gifts found
new and wanted dvd, available to borrow today from the library,
fortitude to complete errands on a snowy day,
beads needed to complete a St Patrick's bracelet

6. a gift bent, broken, beautiful
evergreen boughs bent under weight of snowfall, 
pathway broken through the snow, my world through softly falling snow

7. 3 gifts in the kitchen
fruit filled muffins, glasses, Irish breakfast tea 

8. 3 gifts loud
my Music!, my daughter's laugh :), family get togethers

9. 3 gifts carved
reading time, sunday roast, ruts in the snowy road

10. 3 gifts in Christ
constancy, defense, vindication

11. 3 gifts read
Psalms, Prophets, Gospels

12. a gift in wind, in water, in white
evaporation of snow, watering resurrection of spring growth,
cloud cover in white

13. 3 gifts round
bracelet beads, spring wreath, ring

14. 3 gifts found in silence
Presence of 3 in 1 - Father, Son and Holy Spirit

15. 3 gifts given away

time, attention, counsel

16. 3 hard eucharisteos
knowing I will be a longdistance 1st time Nana,
seeing a friend making bad life decisions,
empty nesting

Happy St. Patrick's Day Remembering...!

17. a gift turned, folded, hung
book pages, quilt, teatowel

18. 3 gifts red
raspberries, English Breakfast Tea package, tomatoes

19. 3 gifts eaten
yummy oatmeal to start, cinnamon, rye toast!

20. 3 gifts that made you laugh
friend, book, fb message

21. a gift salty, sweet, just right
soup, chocolate, waffles

22. 3 gifts found in His Word
justice, promise, provision

23. 3 gifts found in women today
identity, empowerment, knowledge

24. 3 gifts spoken
Palm Sunday Hosannas, Peace, The Word

25. a gift sung, written, painted

'Open Up the Sky' by Deluge Band, Holy Week readings,
my antique wrought iron bed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPOKbgNP1ik

26. 3 gifts almost gone
winter's snow?!, Lenten journey, hibernation

27. 3 gifts redeemed
humanity [me included] past, present, future

28. 3 gifts entwined
this 'branch' entwined with The Vine, Christ's heart entwined with mine,
Holy Spirit entwined with my spirit !
TY Lord!  #
THat's enough to Live forever in awe and wonder!!
#LiveWonderstruck

29. 3 gifts of His promises
Life by abiding in Christ, His Kingdom within, Forever Loved...

30. 3 gifts uncovered
Yeshua's care of His mother while on the cross.
Christ's total triumph over satan by death and descent to free captives,
Christ's Light within me

31. a gift heard, held, hoped for...
Christ Has Risen!, Christ held in my heart, Eternal Life with Christ 

March is now complete!
Ready for April's Gratitude Hunt?

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more. 
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. 
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. 
Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

~ Melody Beattie

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got,
he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get. 

~ Frank A. Clark

Reflect on your present blessings,
of which every man has many -
not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

~ Charles Dickens

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