March 8th: 3 gifts loud
1. The hallways at school drive me nuts because they are crowded, stinky, and smelly. They're always SUPER loud in between classes, but I'm thankful for a place to learn
2. My car. If it's warmer than 45 degrees the windows are down and the music is turned up. Always. :)
3. Concerts I've been to with the youth group
March 9th:3 gifts carved
1. I like looking at my parents wedding pictures and there is a cute one of them "carving" the cake that's really cute.
2. Memories of carving a pumpkin with Kamryn and Brandon at Halloween
3. A cross necklace that I got on a youth retreat a few years ago
March 10th:3 gifts in Christ
1. Unconditional Love
2. Undeserved Grace
3. Peace
March 11th:3 gifts read
1. Graceful: For Young Women by Emily Young
2. There You'll Be by Jenny B. Jones
3. The Christy Miller Series by Robin Jones Gunn
March 12th: A gift in wind, in water, in white
1. A gentle breeze on a pretty spring day
2. Swimming in the ocean in the summertime
3. White napkins to use at picnics outside :)
March 13th: 3 gifts round (HARD)
1. Um...my class ring
2. Ummm...the tires on my car
3. Ummmmm...I keep thinking of other shapes!!!!! Uhh...when the youth group gets together for pizza (that's round) parties and movie nights (DVDs are round)
March 14th: 3 gifts found in silence
1. Being able to regroup and relax
2. Quiet time reading my devotional and praying
3. Daydreaming
March 15th: 3 gifts given away
1. Time
2. Scrapbook I made when my best friend moved away
3. Not really a "gift" but I like writing letters and little notes to friends and family
March 16th: 3 hard graces
1. When someone tells you something you NEED to hear but absolutely do not want to.
2. When you're in the middle of a storm of life and everything seems to be coming at you from all sides...because that's when you cling to God the most, or run away and are accepted back with His open arms
3. Doing something you don't want to do to benefit yourself later on in life. (i.e going to Memphis University my freshman year instead of a different school in another state)
March 17th: a gift turned, folded, hung
1. When you forgive someone you "turn over a new leaf"
2. My mom folds my laundry :D
3. My prom dress hanging up (or it will once it comes in from the store)
March 18th: 3 gifts red
1. The services that the fire (red) department provides. Funny story: I don't know when this was but one time my parents had to call the fire department because they smelled something burning and it ended up being a fly that had flown into a halogen lamp and was burning and dying. Ha!
2. Apple(red)sauce(not red...) at lunchtime
3. My Teaching as a Profession binder for 7th period. Definitely a favorite class
March 19th: 3 gifts eaten
1. Fettuccine Alfredo (my favorite!)
2. Granola Bars for breakfast on the run
3. Thankful that my family doesn't have to worry about where the next meal is going to come from
March 20th: 3 gifts that make you laugh
1. My brother
2. My Mom and my Dad
3. The middle school girls
March 21st: a gift salty, sweet, and just right
1. Lays Classic Potato Chips
2. Ice Cream
3. Pretzal M&ms or Peanut Butter M&ms
March 22nd: 3 gifts found in his word
1. It always blows my mind when I read something that really applies to me. Especially first thing in the morning, it makes the day seem much smoother
2. When I'm stressed out about stuff and I read verses about Peace
3. When I am reminded of how much He loves me
March 23rd: 3 gifts found in women today
1. My mom's humble attitude
2. My best friend's sense of humor that always can make me laugh
3. Watching women at church serve in different ways
March 24th: 3 gifts spoken
1. Hearing words of encouragement spoken to me
2. Listening to words of advice and wisdom
3. Listening to Sunday School lessons from Rhett
March 25th: A gift sung, written, painted
1. The Stand is one of my favorite songs
2. Letters written to me I keep in a scrapbook
3. A cross collage my cousin painted for me
March 26th: 3 gifts almost gone
1. My high school experiance!
2. My time as a "kid"
3. My lunch...because I'm eating it
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
One Thousand Gifts March 1st-7th
March 1st: 3 gifts at 3pm
1. Relaxing at home after a long day at school
2. A quick snack while watching TV (usually Reba)
3. Starting homework...well, that's what I SHOULD be doing at 3 anyway.
March 2nd: 3 things green (feeling nostalgic today)
1. I don't know what made me think of this. In the summer time when I was little I remember running in the Elmo sprinkler in the backyard barefoot. I'd be soaked, there would be grass stuck all over my feet, and when I went to the hose to wash them off a puddle of thick, brown, mud would collect around the flower bed. The next day if it wasn't all dried up it would make it really easy to dig in and michael and I really liked to dig holes in the backyard. I remember digging under the stupid gum-ball tree one time and hitting a white pipe and Michael and I completely freaked out because we thought we had found a dinosaur bone. Ha!
2. Green army men that Michael used to have everywhere. It wasn't uncommon for me to find a little green dude in my polly pocket box or barbie house
3. At our old house we had a floral wallpaper in my room. It was green vine type things with blue and yellow flowers all over it. (That sounds really ugly, but it was really really pretty. I hated it for a long time, but I kind of miss it now)
March 3rd: 3 gifts wore
1. A yellow scarf from my friend Kamryn
2. My class ring
3. Headbands from my grandparents
March 4th: 3 gifts hard to give thanks for
1. People who have hurt me. It's very easy to hold a grudge and hate people, but it's much more difficult to forgive them, love them, and thank God for them
2. When you're in the middle of a storm in life it can be very hard to thank God and praise Him under all circumstances. It's much easier to praise Him when everything is going good.
3. When people just do random, nice things for me I have a hard time just accepting them and saying thank-you. I'm also not very good at accepting compliments. Haha, I guess it makes me uncomfortable a bit so I usually just say a quick thanks and change the subject. :)
March 5th: 3 things found
1. My Bible!!!!! It was under a pile of clothes on my dresser behind a book...don't judge. ;o) My room is a wreck and when I was cleaning it the other day I found it. I've been using my iPod or my mom's bible for weeks!
2. My other shoe. I mean, I have lots of shoes but there was one shoe in particular that was missing. It was my black ballet flat with the bow on the front that is probably one of my favorites. It was under my bed...behind a tissue box. Also found while cleaning.
3. Postcards from various trips I've taken. I like collecting postcards from places I've been because they're usually pretty cheap and I can jot down the dates of the trip on the back of it. :) I found a lot of them in a shoebox in my closet the other day while I was cleaning it out. Isn't it cool, all the stuff you can find when you clean your room? I don't even clean up more than half of it because I'm so excited about all the things I've found.
March 6th: A gift bent, broken, beautiful
1. Haha, ok. I got a chinese yo yo from my mom from Pier One Imports a few weeks ago when I was having a bad day. I was playing with it all afternoon when I got home that day and I hit my mom in the face with it BY ACCIDENT. She was pretty mad, but what she didn't know is that her face bent my yo yo and I can't use it anymore. :( Good thing it was only like a dollar. Hahahaha! :D
2. When the internet "breaks" or goes down and instead of instant messaging someone on facebook or twitter, you actually have to call them. I think we forget how important actually talking to people is, instead of texting or messaging or tweeting.
3. Happy people who are laughing and smiling, people I know or people I don't, and really beautiful.
March 7th: Three gifts in the kitchen
1. Microwave because I hate cooking things on a stove
2. Milk because I love cereal and it doesn't involve cooking
3. Easymac because it's microwavable, easy, tasty, and doesn't involve cooking
1. Relaxing at home after a long day at school
2. A quick snack while watching TV (usually Reba)
3. Starting homework...well, that's what I SHOULD be doing at 3 anyway.
March 2nd: 3 things green (feeling nostalgic today)
1. I don't know what made me think of this. In the summer time when I was little I remember running in the Elmo sprinkler in the backyard barefoot. I'd be soaked, there would be grass stuck all over my feet, and when I went to the hose to wash them off a puddle of thick, brown, mud would collect around the flower bed. The next day if it wasn't all dried up it would make it really easy to dig in and michael and I really liked to dig holes in the backyard. I remember digging under the stupid gum-ball tree one time and hitting a white pipe and Michael and I completely freaked out because we thought we had found a dinosaur bone. Ha!
2. Green army men that Michael used to have everywhere. It wasn't uncommon for me to find a little green dude in my polly pocket box or barbie house
3. At our old house we had a floral wallpaper in my room. It was green vine type things with blue and yellow flowers all over it. (That sounds really ugly, but it was really really pretty. I hated it for a long time, but I kind of miss it now)
March 3rd: 3 gifts wore
1. A yellow scarf from my friend Kamryn
2. My class ring
3. Headbands from my grandparents
March 4th: 3 gifts hard to give thanks for
1. People who have hurt me. It's very easy to hold a grudge and hate people, but it's much more difficult to forgive them, love them, and thank God for them
2. When you're in the middle of a storm in life it can be very hard to thank God and praise Him under all circumstances. It's much easier to praise Him when everything is going good.
3. When people just do random, nice things for me I have a hard time just accepting them and saying thank-you. I'm also not very good at accepting compliments. Haha, I guess it makes me uncomfortable a bit so I usually just say a quick thanks and change the subject. :)
March 5th: 3 things found
1. My Bible!!!!! It was under a pile of clothes on my dresser behind a book...don't judge. ;o) My room is a wreck and when I was cleaning it the other day I found it. I've been using my iPod or my mom's bible for weeks!
2. My other shoe. I mean, I have lots of shoes but there was one shoe in particular that was missing. It was my black ballet flat with the bow on the front that is probably one of my favorites. It was under my bed...behind a tissue box. Also found while cleaning.
3. Postcards from various trips I've taken. I like collecting postcards from places I've been because they're usually pretty cheap and I can jot down the dates of the trip on the back of it. :) I found a lot of them in a shoebox in my closet the other day while I was cleaning it out. Isn't it cool, all the stuff you can find when you clean your room? I don't even clean up more than half of it because I'm so excited about all the things I've found.
March 6th: A gift bent, broken, beautiful
1. Haha, ok. I got a chinese yo yo from my mom from Pier One Imports a few weeks ago when I was having a bad day. I was playing with it all afternoon when I got home that day and I hit my mom in the face with it BY ACCIDENT. She was pretty mad, but what she didn't know is that her face bent my yo yo and I can't use it anymore. :( Good thing it was only like a dollar. Hahahaha! :D
2. When the internet "breaks" or goes down and instead of instant messaging someone on facebook or twitter, you actually have to call them. I think we forget how important actually talking to people is, instead of texting or messaging or tweeting.
3. Happy people who are laughing and smiling, people I know or people I don't, and really beautiful.
March 7th: Three gifts in the kitchen
1. Microwave because I hate cooking things on a stove
2. Milk because I love cereal and it doesn't involve cooking
3. Easymac because it's microwavable, easy, tasty, and doesn't involve cooking
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
One Thousand Gifts (Feb. 17th-28th)
Feb. 17th: 3 gifts in giving/serving
1. Making other people smile
2. Being able to serve kids and the middle school girls
3. Doing things anonymously
Feb. 18th: 3 gifts on paper
1. God's Word
2. Words I've written in my journals
3. A book my mom got me on my 16th birthday called "Eat Your Peas Daughter"
Feb. 19th:3 gifts that were "Plan Bs"
1. Yearbook :) I thought I would do newspaper my junior and senior year because I didn't like it at all my sophmore year. I'm really glad I stuck with it!
2. Deciding about college. I grew up and always thought I would absolutely for sure go to Memphis. No doubt in my mind. Now, I am shopping around and looking at different colleges which is something I never thought I would do. Still not sure where I'll end up, and it might end up being Memphis, but no matter what I decide I know that God is going to take care of me.
3. The Middle School Girls Bible Study: this isn't a Plan B but it's something I never saw myself doing.
Feb. 20th: a gift at breakfast, lunch, and dinner
1. Cereal. I really like cereal. It's one of those random things I can eat at any point of the day...
2. Time spent with friends
3. Time spent with family
Feb. 21st: 3 gifts white
1. Snow (Which we aren't getting enough of this year by the way...)
2. White sandy beaches
3. Fresh cotton scents
Feb. 22nd: 3 gifts that changed today
1. My attitude
2. My persepctive
3. My schedule
Feb. 23rd: a gift of tin, glass, wood
1. Tin cans from soup in the winter
2. Windows that let sunshine in
3. Wooden cross necklace I got from a youth retreat a few years ago
Feb. 24th: 3 gifts before 11 am
1. A sunrise symbolizing a new day
2. All of my hard classes are over with by 11 am :)
3. On Sundays when we have Sunday School with the youth group
Feb. 25th: a gift worn out, new, made-do
1. My teddy bear, Bear-y. I've had it since I was a year old and it has gone absolutely everywhere with me whenever I go to spend the night somewhere even to do this day
2. New possibilities and opportunities that are presenting themselves
3. (Stole from Christina A.) My body. I'm not physically fit or a size zero, but God has blessed me with many great qualities! I'm working on getting healthier by making new choices, but I'm still happy with who I am and who God has made me to be! He's still working on me!
Feb. 26th: 3 gifts seen as reflections (Reflecting on things, or mirror reflections? It doesn't matter I don't guess...)
1. Memories of sitting on the beach
2. Thinking about all the time I've spent with the people I love and care about
3. Watching my reflection in the water on the lake when we went boating or jet skiing on the lake when I was younger.
Feb. 27th: Three ugly/beautiful gifts
1. A pair of pajama pants that are worn thin, have holes in them, but that are oh so comfortable!
2. My mom has this scotty-dog angel statue thing that is seriously one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. It's beautiful though because I know that it's special to her and that she really likes it.
3. My dog has a pillow he sits on all the time in "his" corner of the couch. It's gotten pretty stinky and lumpy and strange looking. It's really ugly, but we won't throw it away because he likes it so much.
Feb. 28th:Three gifts from the past that help me trust the future
1. God's taken care of me. He hasn't let me give up and even though I've tried to run away from Him on numerous occasions He's still kept up with me walking or running right along side me.
2. My diabetes. I thought getting diabetes was going to be the end of the world, but it's something that I've accepted and it's part of my life now. Even though I don't always like it, and it can be a big pain in the butt sometimes, I'm thankful that it's something I can control. Dealing with the diagnosis and all the things that came with it I know I can get through other things, that was one of the hardest things I've ever had happen to me, but I got through it. Knowing I overcame that, I know I can overcome other things that are thrown at me in this life.
3. I've learned from my past that I can't always do things by myself and that it's okay to ask others for help. I can ask others to pray for me, I can ask others to help me when I need it, and I can ask others just to listen when I need them to.
1. Making other people smile
2. Being able to serve kids and the middle school girls
3. Doing things anonymously
Feb. 18th: 3 gifts on paper
1. God's Word
2. Words I've written in my journals
3. A book my mom got me on my 16th birthday called "Eat Your Peas Daughter"
Feb. 19th:3 gifts that were "Plan Bs"
1. Yearbook :) I thought I would do newspaper my junior and senior year because I didn't like it at all my sophmore year. I'm really glad I stuck with it!
2. Deciding about college. I grew up and always thought I would absolutely for sure go to Memphis. No doubt in my mind. Now, I am shopping around and looking at different colleges which is something I never thought I would do. Still not sure where I'll end up, and it might end up being Memphis, but no matter what I decide I know that God is going to take care of me.
3. The Middle School Girls Bible Study: this isn't a Plan B but it's something I never saw myself doing.
Feb. 20th: a gift at breakfast, lunch, and dinner
1. Cereal. I really like cereal. It's one of those random things I can eat at any point of the day...
2. Time spent with friends
3. Time spent with family
Feb. 21st: 3 gifts white
1. Snow (Which we aren't getting enough of this year by the way...)
2. White sandy beaches
3. Fresh cotton scents
Feb. 22nd: 3 gifts that changed today
1. My attitude
2. My persepctive
3. My schedule
Feb. 23rd: a gift of tin, glass, wood
1. Tin cans from soup in the winter
2. Windows that let sunshine in
3. Wooden cross necklace I got from a youth retreat a few years ago
Feb. 24th: 3 gifts before 11 am
1. A sunrise symbolizing a new day
2. All of my hard classes are over with by 11 am :)
3. On Sundays when we have Sunday School with the youth group
Feb. 25th: a gift worn out, new, made-do
1. My teddy bear, Bear-y. I've had it since I was a year old and it has gone absolutely everywhere with me whenever I go to spend the night somewhere even to do this day
2. New possibilities and opportunities that are presenting themselves
3. (Stole from Christina A.) My body. I'm not physically fit or a size zero, but God has blessed me with many great qualities! I'm working on getting healthier by making new choices, but I'm still happy with who I am and who God has made me to be! He's still working on me!
Feb. 26th: 3 gifts seen as reflections (Reflecting on things, or mirror reflections? It doesn't matter I don't guess...)
1. Memories of sitting on the beach
2. Thinking about all the time I've spent with the people I love and care about
3. Watching my reflection in the water on the lake when we went boating or jet skiing on the lake when I was younger.
Feb. 27th: Three ugly/beautiful gifts
1. A pair of pajama pants that are worn thin, have holes in them, but that are oh so comfortable!
2. My mom has this scotty-dog angel statue thing that is seriously one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. It's beautiful though because I know that it's special to her and that she really likes it.
3. My dog has a pillow he sits on all the time in "his" corner of the couch. It's gotten pretty stinky and lumpy and strange looking. It's really ugly, but we won't throw it away because he likes it so much.
Feb. 28th:Three gifts from the past that help me trust the future
1. God's taken care of me. He hasn't let me give up and even though I've tried to run away from Him on numerous occasions He's still kept up with me walking or running right along side me.
2. My diabetes. I thought getting diabetes was going to be the end of the world, but it's something that I've accepted and it's part of my life now. Even though I don't always like it, and it can be a big pain in the butt sometimes, I'm thankful that it's something I can control. Dealing with the diagnosis and all the things that came with it I know I can get through other things, that was one of the hardest things I've ever had happen to me, but I got through it. Knowing I overcame that, I know I can overcome other things that are thrown at me in this life.
3. I've learned from my past that I can't always do things by myself and that it's okay to ask others for help. I can ask others to pray for me, I can ask others to help me when I need it, and I can ask others just to listen when I need them to.
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