A Gift of Peace, Hope, and Love

378. The peace that passes all understanding. - Which is the peace that God gives us. I have peace in my heart. I'm thankful for this peace.

379. I have hope in eternal life. It's the hope given by God. I'm thankful for this hope.

380. I love my kids. I'm thankful for this love and I'm thankful for my children.

Attitude Change

I have been very remiss in listing my "thank you's." - The gifts I receive from God daily - no, hourly.

The interesting thing about this is - my attitude has changed... I really didn't comprehend how much being grateful made me a better person. I'm grumpier. More negative. Not quick to look for the good in all things. 

Interesting to learn this about myself. Ready to get back into the challenge.

3 Gifts Found in Christ

375. I can't imagine having to find animals to sacrifice to roll my sins back. The greatest gift found in Christ is His atoning blood.

376. His gift of the Holy Spirit. Our comforter. 

377. Jesus set the example for pure, sacrificial living. A true gift to receive.

3 Gifts Before 9:00am

372. My husband is my greatest gift from God. He always makes me glad to be alive - every morning!

373. My coffee! Coffee is really just an example of how God loves us. He provides us with little pleasures all through life. 

374. Every morning The Husband gets up early and I stay in bed. When I wake up sufficiently to process thoughts :) I have my quiet time. I have a Bible and a devotional on my Kindle and am able to begin the day with God. This is also when I have my time of prayer.

3 Gifts From Today's Conversations

I work from home and today The Husband was gone for a big part of the day - so most of my conversations were with myself. :) - or face book conversations....

369. I began the day by saying on facebook "Banana Cake counts as fruit for breakfast, right?"  Thus began a great conversation with friends - which makes me realize how much I love my friends! (However, they do encourage me to eat too much) jk

370. This morning I posted a blog about one of my beautiful grands. 

Click Here to Read One of My Very Favorite Posts...

This post triggered some wonderful conversation with friends, too. 

My friends are true gifts from God.

371. The Husband and I had an interesting conversation after yesterday's sermon. The question we discussed was "When you die, what would you like for your family and friends to say about you?"  What an interesting discussion this generated and has given me much to think about since then.

"Begin again with the end in mind." Brad Cooper 

2 Gifts Found in Difficult People

367. Many times how I respond to difficult people is a gift - or a hindrance. I try to be kind in all situations but I'm not quite there yet.

368. Because of difficult people I am learning (albeit slowly) to keep my mouth shut more often and not just smart off to them.

4 Gifts Funny

363. I have written a blog about my youngest grand. I haven't posted it yet but it is the FUNNIEST blog e.v.e.r. It will be posted Monday, June 3rd. She is literally one of the funniest little girls I have ever met!

364. I have a strange sense of humor - anyway that's what I'm told. So when I was dating one of the characteristics I was looking for in a mate was his sense of humor. God has blessed me GREATLY with a man that has a fantastic sense of humor.

365. My 5 year old grand loves to tell Knock Knock jokes. No matter how many times I've heard them, no matter how unfunny they may be :) when my 5 year old grand tells them - they are soooooo funny!!

366. I saw a tweet today that I thought was hilarious! Of course you have to "sing" it - I'm sure you'll recognize the music and it helps if you're a cheese lover!

"Sweet dreams are made of cheese, 

who am I to diss a brie. 

I cheddar the world and the feta cheese, 

everybody is looking for stilton." 

tweeted by ThisMayBeFatal

Now, how can anyone not think this is funny!!!