Giving Thanks a Thousand Times.
I’ve been taking a challenge to list 3 things I’m thankful for each day this year. Mostly I record these “gifts” from God in a journal, trying to follow each day’s theme as suggested here.
Today’s theme was to find the beautiful in the ugly and give thanks for that. The gifts I found were so much fun I just had to share them with you:
In my Bible study this morning, Paul reminded me of how God takes the ugly of my weakness and fills it with the beauty of His power. (2 Cor. 12 7-10)
Having probably bit off a bit more than I needed to chew for one day, I stood in the ugliness of dishes, trying to process a quadruple batch of bread. Yet I was also looking at the beauty of what my little kitchen could produce! (6 loaves of bread, 4 dozen rolls, hamburger buns, 2 dozen cinnamon rolls)
And finally, the ugly mess of toys my kids created while playing together beautifully as I worked.
Thank you Lord for allowing me eyes to see your goodness.
I love the kitchen photo as well as the toys. My philosophy – nothing says LOVE more than a kitchen full of good baking and smiling kids!! Thanks for sharing
Great post, Amy!! I’ve read over half her book and I really like it.
I bit off more than I could chew in the kitchen too. In fact, there still is a little that needs to be done, and a few dishes in the sink. Jenny was very cooperative while I was doing it though.
Yummy! Looks like my kitchen today.
I LOVE these pics Amy – brought back so many memories for me – there were so many days when my home looked just like that and I would wish for a clean house with no toys – but now that my kids are older, I often wish for those little toy days – look at that look of happiness on his face! SO cute – you are really blessed and the fact that you can see the beauty in it really truly means you’re blessed!!!! thank you so much for sharing !
Wish my kitchen looked like that with all those fresh bakery items and cute kids to enjoy them with.
Gampy passed the book ‘one thousand gifts onto me’ and I started writing my gifts down last week! What a Blessing this book is! Thank you for sharing! I will pass it on!