Blessings Day 9

I'm thankful for our wood-burning stove. I love hearing the fan kick on, watching the dancing flames, and feeling the warmth. Lots of good memories by this stove. :)

Blessings Day 8

Thankful for Friday, medium steak, coffee for supper, twelve weeks behind me, and my sweet parents.

Blessings Day 7

Tonight I'm thankful for Thursday nights, one of the nights when Lucas calls. Whether we are laughing over children's antics, frustrated at sneaky rodents, discussing holiday plans, gaining wisdom from married couples, or praying over burdens, I deeply treasure these times spent together. So very thankful for this man!

Blessings Day 6

I'm thankful that my kids love to read books! Warms my heart!

Blessings Day 5

Today, I'm so thankful for the privilege to vote. There is something special about shaking a candidate's hand and telling him, "I came to vote for you today!" I'm glad I live in a free country where my voice matters.

Blessings Day 4

God has recently fulfilled dream of mine - to be a part of a small group. I'm so thankful for how God has brought the four of us together. We're all in somewhat different stages of life, but it's so encouraging to have a safe place to share, seek advice, and pray for each other.

Blessings Day 3

I'm thankful for everything this table represents - community, security, good food, laughter, fellowship, and peace.

Blessings Day 2

I enjoyed the beautiful sunrise on the way to work at a dear widow's house. I'm thankful for light and the change it makes.

Blessings Day 1

Beautiful, glorious trees showing their true colors. I'm thankful for God's beauty that surrounds me.

"Surrender in Obedience"

Posting this as a reminder to myself... an excellent truth from C.S. Lewis' book The Problem of Pain.

"But when we have said that God commands things only because they are good, we must add that one of the things intrinsically good is that rational creatures should freely surrender themselves to their Creator in obedience. The content of our obedience -- the thing we are commanded to do -- will always be something intrinsically good, something we ought to do even if (by an impossible supposition) God had not commanded it. But in addition to the content, the mere obeying is also intrinsically good, for, in obeying, a rational creature consciously enacts its creaturely role, reverses the act by which we fell, treads Adam's dance backward, and returns."