Abiding in Steadfast Love: food for thought

Many things are said and done in the name of religion. But it is extremely dangerous to assume that these things are necessarily said and done in the way of religion.

A few things I am thankful for:

{... more to come}
* Being Gu-Tze to my precious nephews, Caleb and Malachi, and my beautiful niece, Eviana *
4 phenomenal therapists
A good find at the thrift store
Alcoholics Anonymous
AMAZING friends
An unexpected letter from a friend
Being out on and/or in the water
Bonfires
BSF
Bubble tea
CCDA
Confusion... knowing there's always more to learn
DBT
Dogs, especially Matty
Free stuff
Friends who remind me to be grateful
Giordano's pizza
Glimpses of God
Glowing butts of hope
God revealing Himself
God's life-saving interventions
Good Will Hunting
Growth and change, even sometimes when I didn't know it was necessary
Hearing, and speaking, the words, "I love you."
Henry- my faithful companion through every season and transition [RIP Henry]
Hoodies
HOPE
Hugs
Hulk- Henry's successor
Hymns, and a Grandma that was a church organist and helped me see the richness of hymns
InnerCHANGE
Inspiration from friends willing to follow God at all costs
Journals
Joy Yee's
Live music
Meeting a little brother, Richard, I never even knew I had, and then getting to walk through life with him
Memories, even though many have been zapped away
Moments when God is more real than the chair I'm sitting on
Music, and the way it can communicate beyond the limits of words
My first AA home group
Naomi Girlfriend
Nerf guns/Nerf wars
New beginnings
New socks
Peace, Joy and Hope
Peanut butter M&M's, Baby Ruth bars, 100 Grand Bars
People that are different from me
People that remind me who I am
Photography
Precipitation
Profs/teachers that care about education beyond the classroom
Questions from children
Random adventures
Road trips
Sanctification and grace
Second (and third, fourth, fifth, etc.) chances
Shoes, especially Rocketdogs
Solid literature
Stand-up comedians (well, the good ones)
Sue's amazing chocolate dessert
Sunrises and sunsets
Sweet times of prayer
Tears rolling down my cheeks
That gut feeling when you just know something is right
The Bible
The completely unique beauty God paints in the sky every day
the Grateful Game
The Holy Spirit opening my eyes to see God
The joy I feel when I get to be with Caleb and Malachi and Eviana
The sound of waves
Traveling
TV shows that somehow never get old (I.e. The Office, Boy Meets World, Friends, etc.)
Uncontrollable laughter
Unexpected experiences that change me forever
Vacations
Wheaton College
Writers (books, music, movies, blogs, anything else with words...) that force me to stop and think
Writing

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

food for thought

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