A Chain of Thankfulness

I am being reminded to be thankful in the midst of preparations for a meeting that I have some anxiety about. So, remembering to "give thanks in all circumstances," I will stop and list 10 things I am thankful for and anticipate an attitude adjustment with regard to the meeting. Here goes...

1. Blessing the handmade toys our children made in Sunday School during worship yesterday... blessing them with the children before we send them, by way of a missionary, to children in Kenya.
2. Being able to worship God through playing my flute as part of accompanying the choir.
3. The lovely transition that the choir provided, singing As The Deer, to help prepare our hearts for communion.
4. The lovely edible fruit bouquet I received along with a thank-you from the Family Life Center for serving on their Board of Directors.
5. Listening and responding to the Holy Spirit in the midst of preaching... and trimming the sermon to the essentials. Simplicity seemed to communicate so much more effectively yesterday.
6. No neighborhood fireworks last night to keep me from falling asleep.
7. My Boston Terrier who is such a bed hog - but too cute to kick out from under the covers.
8. Spending the afternoon with my family at my mom's home: friends there from Alabama, yummy food to eat, and watching my kids (G & S, age 7) play there first game of Monopoly with two teen girls. The girls deserved "Awards of Merit" for their patience!
9. Excitement about our newly-established worm farm! G & S just love burying table scraps in the bedding, and also finding worms to hold and watch wiggle around in their palms.
10. My favorite Starbucks beverage: Grande, non-fat latte.

Okay... The exercise of making this gratitude list helped! I am truly grateful! How about you?

Mosaic

1. Pink Haired Beth 003, 2. homemade fresh tomato salsa & guacomole, 3. High School. Coral Gables, Dade County., 4. The red one, 5. cflooking down, 6. Day 87: Fair Trade Organic French Roast, 7. Salt marsh, 8. Chocolate Cobbler, 9. The Writer, 10. Jesus, 11. curving, swirling, 12. Mahi Wedding 223

I guess lots of folks are doing this - but Revsongbird's was the first one I saw! Just love the fun of doing this... especially since this is my first post to my blog that has been labeled "Mosaic" for some time - but without any posts. Just thrilled that it is a visual!! Yea God!!

Here's how to make your own photo mosaic:

The Rules:

Answer each of the questions below.
Surf over to Flickr (set up an account if you don’t have one–it’s quick and easy) and type your answers (one at a time) into the search bar.
From the choice of pictures shown only on the front page, click on the one that moves you.
Once the page with your picture opens, copy the URL.
Surf over to the Mosaic Maker, set up your mosaic, and paste your URLs.
Click “Create!”

The Questions:

What is your first name?
What is your favorite food?
What high school did you attend?
What is your favorite color?
Who is your celebrity crush?
What is your favorite drink?
Where would you go on your dream vacation?
What is your favorite dessert?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you love most in life?
Choose one word to describe you?
Your Flickr name?