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Monday, march 11th: "3 Gifts Read"

Well to be honest, I didn't have a particularly "thankful" Monday. Mondays are the hardest days for me to be thankful, and then I was supposed to be thankful for three things I read, I work at it, but I just don't love reading. On those days when I'm not feeling thankful, on those nights when I just wanna go to sleep and wake up to tomorrow, those are the nights when I need to fight for my joy and write down those three things, it's a fight my friends!
In her blog yesterday, Ann Voskamp wrote about a man who continually drove by a sign that read, "Honk if you're happy!" Long story short, he learned that it was the honking that made him happy. She drew the conclusion to gratitude and how it's not happiness that makes us grateful, but in fact gratitude that makes us happy. This is a concept I'm definitely learning to be true. In order to be grateful, I need to think grateful thoughts, and in order to think grateful thoughts I need to fill my mind and heart with true and good things. That being said, here are three of the things I read yesterday that helped fill my mind with grateful thoughts:

1.) Ann Voskamp's blog
2.) Hebrews 12:2 "Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the JOY that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
3.) GREAT news in a text from a friend about her adoption journey! He keeps His promises!

Tuesday, March 12th: "A gift in wind, in water, in white"

In wind: Oh I really am not a fan of wind! It messes up my hair, makes it hard to wear a skirt, blows things over... Not a fan! But today, a really windy day actually, I found an aspect of the wind I can enjoy. I'm all tucked in and warm at work, don't have to brave the cold, and I can enjoy the sound of the wind through the fire place, a beautiful sound reminding me of my Creator's powerful existence!

In water: I love water! So thankful that I have access to clean fresh water in abundance! So many go without it!

In white: fresh, crisp onions for some guacamole! Yum!