Counting Gratitude for April's BLessings!

Here's this month's Gratitude Calendar
enabling us to count our 1000 Gifts for 2013

Are you joining the count?  Welcome...

1. 3 gifts round
oranges, vine wreath, sun 

2. 3 gifts white
shirt, sunlight, knitting yarn 

3. 3 gifts surprisingly found
xtra skeins for knitting, hoped for colours, shopping company

4. 3 gifts in His Word
Wisdom, Joy, Truth, Counsel, Peace,...
Definitely more than 3 Gifts found in God's Word!

5. 3 gifts at 11 am, 2 pm, 6 pm
11 am - cosmetology teacher doing my hair :)
2 pm - handy available parking spot for doing errands
6 pm - inspiriting news on a social justice issue 

6. 3 gifts nailed together
lovely wood picture frame, wainscotting in kitchen,
my bookshelves!

7. 3 gifts waited for
visit from daughter/sil, family time, Easter at son/dil's

8. 3 gifts rising up
Arise! Women's Conference!
my anticipation of attending :) , creativity...

9. a gift hiding, held, heard
Spring! definitely hiding, wee demitasse teacup, birdsong

10. 3 gifts opened up
book, heart, home

11. 3 gifts budding/blooming
hope in my heart for spring's arrival!
my DIL as pregnancy progresses!
some new ventures ...

12. 3 gifts worn
earrings, sunglasses, hair clip

13. 3 gifts bright
beads for bracelets, ideas, Christ's guiding Light 

14. 3 gifts found looking up
sun shining, God's smile, wider further vision

15. a gift in a bag, in a box, in a book
3 tins soup, a book win in my postbox, autographed bookmarks

16. 3 hard eucharisteos
waiting on variables for conference attendance,
waiting for healing,
family deaths

17. 3 gifts woven together
lives with my children's mates, friendships, sofa throw

18. 3 gifts inherited
a friend's xtra printer, frugality, innovation

19. 3 gifts square
photo frame, photos posted, thumbnail pix
20. a gift stacked, stashed, stilled
dishes, chocolate, my heart regarding missing the conference...

21. 3 gifts found in Christ
Peace, Presence, Provision

22. 3 gifts close
family, friends, laptop

23. 3 gifts reflecting
the gorgeous morning sun into my livingroom,
the grace of God in my life,
the goodness of God new every morning

24. 3 gifts fragile
friendship, family, life

25. a gift cloth, steel, wool
tea towel, engine, winter sweater

26.  3 gifts moving
my future, time, life

27. 3 gifts 'ugly beautiful'
flower beds, muddy tracks, medications

28. 3 gifts orange
serviettes, placemats, tulips

29.  3 gifts in dirt
flowers emerging, compost, creation

30. a gift given, made, sacrificed
love, lunch, time


April Gratitudes Shared 
Now we Welcome May's!
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