"For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth, Over and around us lies:
Christ our God, to Thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise
- Folliott S. Pierpoint (from the hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth)
Still counting to 1,000...
Sweet blessings from the week:
522. 1/2 day of school on Friday and the long weekend
523. evangelism conversation with our small group
524. Java chip frappacinos
525. a student - back.
526. Dad James (Happy Birthday!)
527. the kids playing in the snowing seed fluff.
528. peace for Brian
529. a sparkling clean house
530. our new bird window
531. our first iris blossom from Grandpa's garden
532. promise of a new baby for a friend
533. fresh summer sheets
534. a great sermon by Jeff Arthurs
535. proud art students
536. A sweet friendship between two students
537. raining maple seeds
538. secret Yemen girl blogs
539. time alone
540. future grace
(Prayer Request: Tomorrow my Dad finds out how effective his cancer
treatments were...please pray that he is fully healed and cancer free!)
Yum, I like Java Chip Fraps too. I also just said a prayer for your Dad! Blessings to you.
ReplyDeleteAmy @ http://missionalmamassoul.blogspot.com/
I will pray with you for your Dad!
ReplyDeleteI join you in gratitude for those half days of school and long weekends...time to rest and relax!
For irises...my favorite flower!
blessings
~a
what a great blog - I've never been here before!!
ReplyDeleteStef
beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAgreeing with you in prayer for his body, H2T (head to toe), to represent ALL that Christ died for on the cross- salvation, healing, wholeness.
ReplyDeleteEverytime I come to your blog the verse gets me! My passion is building/ designing even though i'm not at it much anymore. Regardless, I love it's meaning. Mostly because my life is still in the building stage as I journey to my heavenly home.
Beautiful thank-you's!
prayed for your dad.
ReplyDeletethanks for listing your blessings.
Praying, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven." There's no sickness in Heaven :) xo
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! Love your list!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you! Found you over at A Holy Experience. Looking forward to connecting with you lots more!
I'm your newest follower!
Traci
http://www.ordinaryinspirations.blogspot.com