“Rejoice always! Pray constantly. Give thanks in everything,
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I have these verses framed in my kitchen as a constant reminder, and I think “give thanks in everything” means “give thanks in everything,” so I want to be more intentional about thankfulness. After all, gratitude is a form of worship. I keep seeing this on several of the blogs I read, and finally decided to participate as well. So I’m planning to post at least twenty-five of my “one-thousand gifts” every week. I’m a day late this week, but I wanted to go ahead and get started. If you’d like to join in, click that button above.
Of course, these are in totally random order:
- God’s mercy and grace
- the ability to read
- my five senses
- a Bible-teaching church
- worship music
- the experience of being pregnant & giving birth
- the experience of adopting
- our Africa trip
- clean drinking water
- electricity
- indoor running water
- hot showers
- flowers
- faithful friends
- healthy children
- freedom to worship
- freedom to homeschool
- a house to live in
- no risk of starvation
- decent medical care
- a loving, Christ-serving husband
- my electric tea kettle
- cameras
- books
- the unconditional love of dogs (like Lacy the WonderDog)

Wife, mom, grandma. Introvert who finds joy in good books, sunshine, and authentic conversation. Fitness enthusiast and personal trainer. Often seen with a steaming mug of tea in hand.
I am thankful for people who encourage me on my blog! Oh – So that’s You today. 🙂 I love love love Ann’s blog as well. From what I see today so far, You’ll go in my google reader. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Great list! I have not been very faithful at posting my list every week but I have to say this is a great spiritual exercise.
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