“Why would the world need more anger, more outrage?
How does it save the world to reject unabashed joy when it is joy that saves us? . . .
When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and
let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places,
let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows.”
~ Ann Voskamp, one thousand gifts, page 58
187. devotion time with my girls
188. time to breathe
190. a sweet time of coffee with a new writer, encourager, Christian friend
191. 10 minute trainer {yeah.}
193. a grieving friend resting in God
195. a teen who stayed up late to be first in line to buy me tickets
196. her constant encouragement and support
197. her constant encouragement and support
198. a friend’s help in sharpening my discernment skills
202. turning off the alarm knowing I’d get to sleep in the next morning
203. date night with the teen
204. a curious eight-year-old doing her own research on Genesis/dinosaurs
205. big brothers
207. after a long day … climbing into a bed with freshly washed sheets
208. deep fried strawberries dipped in Nutella
209. slippers
210. remembering how blessed I am to have a daughter standing firm in her values & who she is in this life
211. a bed full of sisters
212. new friends
213. old friends
214. online friends who are real friends
215. nothing but the blood of Jesus
216. faith, trust, courage … to close the door {temporarily} on an amazing opportunity
Aww…I love your joys. It sounds like you have a good daughter. :)
xoxoxox
Thanks for sharing. I can add reading about your joys to my joyful list!
Enjoyed reading your list. Really liked #207 & #214
I so love reading your lists! They always help me notice all the joy around me. I also may have smiled a bit more than usual when I was reading this list & found a link back to me. Huge hugs to you! I will always be one of your biggest supporters :-)
Thanks for the reminders to take the time to appreciate the little things. I need to work on my list.
BTW..I just finished your book 31 Days of Faith…Thank You…I enjoyed it a lot. I will reread it often.
Sue
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Now I’m singing that song, ‘Nothing But the Blood of Jesus’, and will probably do so all day but that is fine with me! Beautiful list! Deep fried strawberries? Oh boy, does that ever sound yummy!
1. having a friend who I’m not afraid to be myself with and who always tries to understand my feelings
#193…our friend or someone else? I’m having a REALLY rough week with my grief of our friend. I don’t know why, but really missing her this week.