Multitudes on Monday/The Gifts

Joining with Ann Vosckamp and others over at

Remember how when we girls were little, we would pick a flower and pull the petals one by one saying,  "He loves me, he loves me not." ?

Remember the line from a famous poem that reads, "How do I love thee, let me count the ways?"

 Well, God is always showing us His love in so many different ways, we don't ever have to wonder if He doesn't and I believe He loves it when we do the counting.  I believe He smiles when He sees us recognizing them and listing them and enjoying them and sharing them from a very grateful heart. As Ann Voskamp says in her book, 1000 gifts, "naming (counting) offers the gift of recognition, the naming of moments is truly a holy work."
SO. . . 

 here I go continuing the counting ~

441.  volunteering at a girls conference and seeing all the girls having a good time, learning and praising

442.  making a new friend

443.  watching my son volunteer

444.  hot rooms and yoga stretches for sore muscles and stiff body

445.  praise and worship bands

446.  old hymns

447.  safety of car sitting only inches away from ALL the garage shelves full of stuff that came tumbling down in the night

448.  all the glass jars, glass containers, glass coffe pot and so much other breakables on those shelves with nothing breaking or even chipping

449.  listening to beautiful piano music with second born son

450.  second born 18 year old coming home from school and telling me all about his classes

451.  hearing baby robbins from their nest inside my plum tree

452.  seeing momma robin in her nest (babies underneath her)

453.  perfect raindrops on leaves

454.  the smell of honeysuckle

455. my second born's artistic ability

456.  sharing mocha frappes with first born son

457.  watching my husband and son go happily off to enjoy a movie together

458.  quite time alone to reflect

459.  funny cards

460.  goofy times with loved ones

461.  piggy back rides with second born 

462.   being serenaded by first born on the ukulele

463.  our dog Sadie, a part of the family, goes wherever I go

464.  my sweet, wonderful husband, who takes care of the onery neighbors (just kidding!)

465.  son following in his dad's footsteps (just shooting at pop cans)

466.  wonderful smell of smoke from the fire pit where hot dogs were roasted

467.  beautiful blue skies for Mother's Day

468.  first glimpse at new life (can you see the 3 beaks?)

469.  hearing robin babies calling for their momma

470.  witnessing momma taking care of her babies

471.  knowing that the God who cares for the birds cares also for me

472.  beautiful poetry written and shared with me by a lovely woman

473.  after homeschooling my second born for 10 years, watching him go through high school, to see him walk through our door today holding his cap and gown

(guess what pictures you will be seeing in the next several weeks?)

May you all have a blessed week. 

"Every good and perfect gift is from above. . ."
James 1:17

Scroll all the way down if you haven't seen it yet and see how my husband shows the gifts...video and photography by Keith Bridgman