Showing posts with label service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label service. Show all posts

Monday, December 24, 2018

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Feeling the vibration of the bells ringing to the music
~Hearing my girlies, from the youngest to the oldest, joyfully singing carols by my side
~Seeing excitement of one girl lighting another one's candle down the pew to remember the coming of the Light of the World







Monday, December 25, 2017

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Trying to guess what is under the wrapping paper
~Girlies eagerly awaiting the candlelight service at church
~Driving around after church to find more candles lighting a neighborhood







Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the Memorial Day parade with friends
~Instruments playing music reflecting the day...and the crowds
~Remembering why we remember....thank you for your service and sacrifice from a grateful nation <3








Sunday, December 25, 2016

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Bows that add extra beauty to gifts
~Handbells that chime, adding resonant beauty to carols
~Having one extra person who will join us for many more Christmases to come <3




Sunday, May 29, 2016

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Flags lovingly hand-placed to remember the sacrifices of those who have served
~Those who came home taking time...
~To honor those who did not...with Gratitude, Thank You!










Thursday, November 12, 2015

The Habit of Thankfulness: Thanking a Veteran

Thank you Veterans...


...that when duty called, ...


...you served where you were sent...


...whatever it took....


....so that here and in another corner of the world...


...Freedom could ring!



Thursday, December 25, 2014

The Habit of a Merry Christmas


The key to always having Merry Christmas 
is
 to realize this holiday 
was never about 
you,
...your gifts,
...your tree,
...your family.
It's about Jesus...
....and that He came,
bringing light to a world 
in darkness!
He is the gift
that came to 
to die on a tree 
made into a cross
to make 
you part of His family.
Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 11th- A few of my favorite things....
~Reading about different veterans' stories and service to our nation throughout the day...Thank you all for your service and sacrifice!
~Listening to to the girlies tell all about their bike trip with Daddy to Weedsport to get donuts 
~Watching the girls play with Polly Pockets that were put away months ago like they were new...I love rotating them!


Monday, July 28, 2014

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.