Rainy days and Beautiful Sunsets

It rained tonight after I got back from school today.  Torrential rain.  We were under a tornado watch too, but the clouds weren't dark enough for a tornado.  Anyways...I got out after the rains and swept all of the leaves off our porch so they wouldn't get tracked into the house. I also took a few pictures.

I don't know why I like this picture so much.  Maybe it's the rain drops continuing to cling to the fragile petals or how the colors turned out.

Here's the top part of the sunset.  I can't see the bottom half from our place, but oh well.

And tonight I am thankful for:
80) God's glory streaming through the clouds this morning on the way to school and keeping me awake!  Amazing!
81) Around 10 deer in the road ditch this morning
82) The deer stayed in the ditch and didn't meet my car. Yay! (I was trying to figure out how I could stop, pick it up, and butcher it if they did decide to meet my car though.  *grin*)
83) Not having to drive through the rain storm
84) Nice weather so I can open the windows
85) No deadlines tomorrow!

*You can see the pictures big if you click on them...or you should be able to.

Gift

Time is a gift.  I need to learn how to slow down and enjoy every moment I have.  Life is such a haze of deadlines, classes, tests, and homework right now.  I still need to slow down and wake up and see what God has given to me every day and thank Him for giving me this life to live.  I want to have lived well...not rushed through life as though it were a race.

So thank you, God, for giving me this life and time to live and enjoy this world that You created!

And tonight I am thankful for:

72) Time

73) Tommy doing dishes so I could do my homework

74) Large living room windows

75) My pansies blooming!

76) Stories of other people who are willing to share

77) Listening

Hope

 

Colors about to burst from their shell.

The promise of the harvest.

Beauty.

Rain to nurture the crops and promises yet to come.

Thankful for:

40)  Shoots of green breaking through the brown earth to receive the sun's kisses.

41) Dirt underneath fingernails

42) Praising the Father

43) Popcorn :)

44) Words

45) Learning new lessons

Eucharisteo

Charis. Grace.
Chara. Joy.
Eucharisteo. Thanksgiving.
~One Thousand Gifts


Joy comes from giving Thanks.  Thankfulness comes from recognizing the Grace that God grants us in everyday life.  Not only the good times, but also the hard times.  God has a purpose and a Season for every thing under Heaven.

Thankful for:
7) Friends and walks
8) A loving God who grants us Grace that we might have Joy
9) Cherries picked and seeded with love
10) Stew and bread
11) Long talks with friends under the moonlit skies.
12) Tall glasses of fresh water.
13) Books
14) Talented piano players who seem to play my heartstrings with their notes.