3 Ugly Beautiful Gifts

~ My heart: ugly, but being made beautiful
~ Our sink pipes coming undone while doing dishes, which provided a chance for God to give me peace and not let me come unglued
~ Another looming winter storm, which I am so sick of, but yet the snow is still so beautiful

3 Gifts Seen as Reflections

~ A mirror showing me myself and reminding me who I am
~ A tree line along a lake
~ Lilypads on the water

A Gift Worn Out, New, Made-Do

Worn Out: My beautiful tulips that have reached the end of their lives
New: Beautiful serving plates that Roy found on major clearance and got for me :)
Made Do:  I feel like so many things in our life are "made do" but we're still so grateful for all God's given us!

3 Gifts Before 11 AM

~ A nice warm shower
~ The bright sunshine
~ Catching up with my friends

3 Ways You Feel the Love of God

~ Through His creation and its beauty
~ Through Roy each and every day
~ Through good friends who love me just as I am

3 Gifts Found in Giving/Serving

~ The joy-filled and youthful faces that smile up at me each week in our Sunday School classes. Love those kids.
~ The overwhelming love I feel for our church family when I get to be up on stage and just look out over them as I play.
~ The laughter and heartache found in working with teenagers. They bring me to the Lord in prayer with prayers of thanksgiving and pleas of mercy.

3 Gifts in Shadows

~ The silhouettes of me and Roy walking hand in hand in the evening. I miss our walks and can't wait for it to warm back up so we can walk together again.
~ Cool breezes on warm days
~ The reminder that light shines into the dark places. Light makes the darkness flee, but darkness can do nothing to the light. Just like Christ.