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Showing posts with label August Joy Dare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August Joy Dare. Show all posts

Monday, August 27, 2012

August Joy Dare #2


"Enter the password: 'Thank you!" . . . Thank Him. Worship Him!
--Psalm 100:4

August 20th -- 3 gifts serving
1. housework
2. sharing in struggles
3. preparing my son to move

August 21st -- a gift straight, curve, turn
1. crisply made bed
2. a drive with my daughter
3. chicken on the grill

August 22nd -- 3 gifts in light
1. light found in scripture
2. light found in talking
3. light found in listening

August 23rd -- 3 gifts old
1. 27 years of marriage
2. antique hankies reminding me of love
3. time spent alone with my husband

August 24th -- 3 gifts moving
1. recovering from moving my son to college
2. arranging a freshly painted table and chairs
3. driving with my husband

August 25th -- 3 gifts fragile
1. emotions
2. chronic pain
3. wild flowers from the market

August 26th -- a gift cut, sewn, buttoned
1. fresh vegetables for a salad
2. comfort in stitches for an afghan
3. a denim jacket for the morning chill

Monday, August 20, 2012

August Joy Dare #1


"Enter the password: 'Thank you!" . . . Thank Him. Worship Him!
--Psalm 100:4

August 13th -- 3 gifts green
1. grass watered by a late summer storm
2. the polka dot plant on my desk
3. sticky note reminders

August 14th -- a gift in a ring, curve, sphere
1. a new ring to remind me of good things
2. the arch of my arm as I swim laps
3. the beauty of blueberries

August 15th -- 3 gifts ugly-beautiful
1. recognizing and reconciling difficult things
2. improving from a virus
3. exhaustion from hard emotional activities

August 16th -- 3 gifts of family
1. getting to "choose" your family
2. laughter
3. understanding

August 17th -- 3 gifts in the morning
1. productivity
2. peace
3. kindness

August 18th -- a gift red, read, written
1. the hummingbird feeder

August 19th -- 3 gifts in church
1. thoughts from Thomas Merton
2. old hymns
3. refreshment of my soul