Thursday, October 18, 2007

Thankful Thursday

Iris over @ Sting My Heart and Jessica @ Dearest Jessica are both hosting "Thankful Thursday" today! So, I thought I'd join in with a little list of my own!

I'm thankful for. . .
1. My very size of my family! (I have SO many people to be thankful for. . .wonderful immediate family, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents!)
2. My AMAZING church body! (see our story / contest / fund raiser for our sweet pastor below and in the sidebar)
3. The laughter of my kiddos
4. My Hubby! He LOVES to be @ home with the kids and I just hanging and wrestling with the kids on the bed!
5. The sweet smile on Davis and his sparkling eyes (oh, I can't wait to hold him!)
6. My Jesus! He is just so precious to me!
7. Beth Moore. . .man, can that lady teach!
8. Women who are beyond me (in both years and wisdome) and CHOOSE to pour into me. . .thank you to Lisa E, Cathy S., and Christie D.
9. My Small Group Girls who amaze me in their steps of faith and vulnerability to our "cool" group!
10. All the sweet girls, who I am honored to call "my friends". I love the way they share their journeys with me and I am able to see God at work in them!
11. Blogging (yes, my new addiction!). . .this also includes my blogging friends. Girls I am thankful to share with and rejoice with who LOVE the Lord!
12. My "job" @ the church. I am so Thankful that as a volunteer our pastor would still choose to call me staff and include me with that wonderful group of people. I love that I get to be a part of our small group ministry and the events that our church does. It truly is a JOY!
13. Provision. . ..oh, how the LORD has provided for us. We have a home, a car, food, running water, clothing for our children and medical care.
14. The ability to Stay @ home with my munchkins. They are a HOOT! I love playing with them and watching them interact with each other, especially!
15. The plans the Lord has for us. . .while I am always trying to look over his shoulder, I AM thankful that He already has laid out plans for us and they are GOOD!

**if you'd like to play along. Write up your own list and then go to Iris or Jessica's sites and sign their "mr. linky"

17 comments:

Denise said...

Welcome to thankful thursday, glad you joined us. I enjoyed your thankful list.

Unknown said...

If I were Christi I would be offened, about the beyond in years. Because you were my mentor I am going to start saying this about you! HHAHAHAHAHAH I am LOL!

Chocolate and Coffee said...

Thanks for visiting my site.

Blessings to you!

Jennifer said...

What a blessed list! Thanks for your comment on my post....you are so right about thankfulness begetting thankfulness.

Anonymous said...

Love the list! I particularly liked the one one about hearing your children laugh. Isn't that the best sound in the world?

Ms. Kathleen said...

Aren't big families great! So much love flowing all around. Wow you have quite a long list! I love Beth Moore, love my ladies Bible study - we have so much in common, so much to be thankful for.

You have a fabulous weekend! God Bless!

bp said...

Thanks for sharing your list. I enjoyed the background music too! I agree with you on being able to Stay at home. Have a good day

Anonymous said...

Love the list...thanks for reminding me of what I could list! God is good.....all the time!!!!!
Love, Denise

deniseinsc.blogspot.com

TexasTanya said...

How precious! Like you, I love to hear that laughter. Thank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

The Beth Moore one made me think of something I have been meaning to tell you. Our church did her "Loving Well" series for our Women's Retreat this year. OH MY GOSH it was SO incredible! If you have not done it yet then you HAVE to! It is THE BEST!

lori said...

It;s nice to have you here on Thursday! Thank you for the comment...the signature..go to My Live Signature.com...you can do all sorts of signatures..very cool and they will walk you through it...I got a code, copied it into a word document and now I just paste it in when I post...
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wonderful list too!!
lori

Girlplustwo said...

Hi there, thanks for finding my blog and leaving such lovely comments. Regarding your question on the Just Posts...we do a roundtable on the 10th of each month for any posts from the previous month on topics about social justice big and small. everyone is welcome, all you have to do is email me your link before the 10th.

S and K said...

Love your thankful list!!!
Such a joy to be able to read all these lists and to praise the Giver of all good things with you all!

Love ya,
Katy

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing!

melmac said...

you are welcome to stalk my blog anytime you want. I have to admit to stalking you as well. I'm so excited for you and your new little boy! Thanks for the comment.

Christie said...

You are sweet! I certainly learn from you too! I'm not too beyond in years am I! :)

Cassie - Homeschooling Four said...

I noticed you didn't say anything about being thankful for dumptruck. Was that a mistake? :)