The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Dec 3rd- A few of my favorite things...

~The potential in one candle

~The light driving away the darkness

~The First Sunday of Advent reminding of us of Hope in this season

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Mar 30th- A few of my favorite things...

~Roses to remind you that the time of flowers is not far off

~Hydrangeas to give you hope of the abundance of blooms coming

~A bouquet that says Spring will come...it always does

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 20th- A few of my favorite things...

~A magazine full of pics of our winter friends

~A magazine with recipes and ideas to keep busy on cold winter days

~A magazine to remind us that the hope of spring is closer than we think

The Habit of Thankfulness: A few of My Favorite Things

Aug 2nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Water turning mix into ordinary lemonade
~Lemonade turning into money for a worthy cause
~Money turning into Hope for those who need to know they are not invisible <3

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~Stopping by a place that gives hope to those who have been forgotten...In My Father's Kitchen on Hawley Ave
~Seeing a place where the weary in body and spirit can find a friend to talk to know they are not invisible
~Being able to be a small part of giving that hope through the simple act of having a lemonade stand

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~Light shining through windows just right causing you to see colored glass you've never noticed before
~Eyes and imagination that form a giraffe from nothing but straws, cardboard, and a small rock
~Hope that gives encouragement that warmer weather isn't far off

The Habit of Hope: The Blessing of Easter

The Story of Hope

We seem to know it well.

Jesus, whose birthday we remember at Christmas time, 

grew up to be a man.

He was crucified, 

taking on the sins of mankind.

And then He died.

An earthquake rocked Jerusalem, 

the Veil of the Temple was torn from the top to the bottom, 

then the sky grew dark suddenly mid-day.

Even the Centurion knew they had crucified the Son of God.

But that was not the end...

...because just as He promised...

on the third day a second earthquake rocked Jerusalem

The stone was rolled away,

 not so he could get out,

but so we...

could get in and see the empty tomb

and know He had risen just as He said!!!

Sometimes, when I wake up in the morning, a verse seems to come to mind. 

Like a song in my spirit, it stays with me all day. 

Today was one of those days.

I stopped by the Veteran's Cemetery with my family on the way to church this morning. 

This was the first time the girls have been to the graveside of my grandparents.

This was the verse that came to me:

"Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."~~John 11:25

I can stand at Grandmother's grave and know she isn't there, nor my Grandfather, 

I can almost here the angel asking me

 "Why do you seek the living among the dead?" 

...they are spending this day with Him in his presence. 

This is the Hope of Easter!