Happy Veterans Day! Do something nice for a veteran. If you don’t know a vet then write a veteran. You can write to any solider at Operation Gratitude here: Write Letters We have a friend overseas so we’ll be sending care package. Count Your Blessings – day 11 My spiritual gift is service, to that makes it hard for me to accept help from others.
Count Your Blessings – Day 10
So far this has been the hardest page. Do I pick people I know or famous people who did courageous things? I admire Malala the Pakistani girl who was shot, but continued to speak out about treatment of women in Pakistan, or famous people like Eleanor Roosevelt or artists I love like Mary Engelbreit? I decided to stay close and pick a few people who
Count Your Blessings – Day 9
Day 9 – Have you ever been in the belly of the whale? Did you feel alone? We spent 9 months in the belly of the whale. Our oldest son got a rare abscess in his kidney when he was 7. It took the doctors a few weeks to figure out that it was an abscess and not a tumor. We were in and out
County Your Blessings Day 8
Can you believe it’s only day 8 and you’ve already written 36 gratitudes? I’m thinking of other things that I want to capture, so my list will be over 100, how about you? Today let’s have a little fun and list your top 5 favorite movies or books. I might have to do both. My favorite movie is the Princess Bride, what’s yours? I also
Count Your Blessings Day 7
Day 7: 1st Thessalonians 5:16-18 says Pray without ceasing. I am not sure what the Lord means by that – how do you get anything else accomplished? But I take Him at his word, and try to lift up little prayers throughout the day for the things He puts on my heart. The Lord is so faithful to me in the little things that it’s
Count Your Blessings Day 6
What things do you take for granted? We are so used to our creature comforts that we take them for granted. Personally I hate the cold and the Lord reminded me that I take my warm house for granted. So in the winter months I purpose to say thank you for my warm house when I come in from the cold. We are so used
Count Your Blessings Day 5
Day 5 – Proverbs 16:3 Commit your plans to the Lord and they will be accomplished Do you have any goals written down? The Lord gives us a short life and expects great things of us; what three things do you want to accomplish? Write down your goals and then doodle something about your goals. They can just be simple things. You don’t have to
Count Your Blessings Day 4
Day 4 Psalms 96:11-12: Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;Let the sea [a]roar, and [b]all it contains; Let the field exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy. (I just realized that I did not include the verse reference on the printable, so you might want to add that somewhere.) Experiences
Count Your Blessings Day 3
It’s Day 3, so let’s think about where you live. What are you thankful about your home or where you live? I love my house and the fact that I live within 10 miles of family. I feel so blessed to have our home. It’s not the house I originally wanted, but I can see that it’s the house that the Lord chose for us.
Count Your Blessings – Challenge 2
Day 2 is about focusing on the people that the Lord has put in your life that you cherish. Draw simple faces, I drew my family as snowmen, because I just don’t do faces all that well. I also added a little element of their careers to each picture. Take time to pray for each person specifically today. If you have more than 4 loved