The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 24th- A few of my favorite things...

~Apples growing on the tree

~The next set of flowers getting ready to bloom

~A ladybug making a cheery yellow lily even more pretty

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 1st- A few of my favorite things...
~The scent filling the sanctuary brings back memories of Easters past 
~Sunset colors reflected in a fleeting spring pond
~Realizing you aren't the only one enjoying the April's first sunset

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Reaching over 5,000 views on my blog smile emoticon
~Bright yellow lilies shining in a sea of green
~Delicate "lace" with a mysterious purple center that makes Queen Anne's lace a joy to notice along the way

The Habit of Quiet Service

It's easy to serve when your name is in light, when the attention of everyone is on you...

esp. in an instant,  on-line world.

But....

What would it look like if we all tended faithfully to our callings with quiet service.

The kind of service that does not receive recognition in the form of praises and raises.

What if...

Like the bees in this otherwise deserted garden, we continue to work faithfully, quietly...

knowing that our work does not need to be seen...

...and yet the garden's beauty itself is proof of what

we do... 

 day by day, hour by hour...

without much notice, except by the passing photographer.

What if quiet service could be enough....how freeing that would be....

especially knowing the One who 

always knows each little deed,

no matter how small--

un-Instagramed,

un-Facebooked

--knows.