Gifts 1-100

1.  The ability to read allowing me to curl up on this cool

     December day by the waterfall and read with pleasure.

2.  The beauty of a waterfall.
3.  The roar of a waterfall and deep calling to deep.
4.  That Jesus has accepted, espoused, bound me.
5.  For the sweet food of solitude with my Father.
6.  The instrumental at the end of 'We Will Run' by Gungor.
7.  The Wal-mart employee enjoying her job.
8.  About 8 green lights in a row.
9.  Sunday afternoon naps.
10. The picture of my nieces on my computer desktop.
11. Hot showers.
12. A heated home on cold winter days.
13. A paid job rather than being someone's slave.
14. A land of abundance.
15. Fresh Avocado.
16. Feeling hot chocolate run down my throat on a chilly day.
17. Electricity.
18. Being respected and appreciated at my job.
19. The Shepherd leads me by quiet waters.
20. Homemade sushi.
21. Weather report says 'Abundant sunshine.'
22. Getting a compassion kid for my nieces.
23. Being able to translate the foreign words for Yellow Girl

      on the beverage container.
24. Surprise Christmas bonus in the first week of January.
25. Knowing my dad so well I can predict his text response.
26. Niece quietly saying she loves me when she first saw me

      tonight.
27. Laying in between my precious nieces as their breathing slows

      while drifting to sleep.
28. Little voices of my nieces filling my usually quiet apartment.
29. Bananas at the perfect ripeness.
30. Laying in bed cuddling with nieces.
31. Playing hide-n-seek outside running free like kids with

      awesome kids.
32. The easiness of getting my nephew to smile.
33. Slowed down Sundays.
34. Extra time to enjoy washing dishes.
35. Recipes for yummy food.
36. Peaceful prayer times following anxious days.
37. Work days that fully engage my mind.
38. The story of Pinocchio.
39. Friends with gift cards who share with me and buy my lunch as

      well.
40. The ability to buy my friend's dinner.
41. My fearless leader semi-trotting across the street or doing a 

      crazy fist pump when he sees me in my car. Makes me chuckle

      of course but even more so when I think about those in their

      cars who also see him.
42. Amanda M.
43. Stories of restoration.
44. Sunshine warmth.
45. Days without schedules and slowing down.
46. Belting U2 in the car, way off key.
47. Pride at the beauty of my hometown.
48. Beautiful stars in the sky.
49. A warm bed.
50. A quiet apartment.
51. A God who allows me to cast my anxieties and desires on Him.
52. Beautiful eyelashes on a child.
53. Any amount of time with my friends The Cooks.
54. The life of John G. Paton.
55. Hunger feasts.
56. No alarm clock.
57. Early mornings in the presence of Yahweh.
58. Rain nourishing the earth.
59. For noes that make the yeses that much sweeter.
60. The comforts of an inside job when the outside is pouring rain.
61. A good master literally and metaphorically speaking.
62. Nights when my Internet is down allowing me to make phone

      calls to actual people.
63. Little JC wearing his sisters' neon colored socks.
64. Memory flashback of being a little girl in a dress standing over

      an air conditioning vent letting it fan out my dress.
65. Finding $20 in my purse I didn't realize I had.
66. Chiropractic adjustments.
67. Glorious sunshine to wake me.
68. 12 answers to prayer in the newbies going to CA
69. Warmth when cold is logical.
70. Being sustained.
71. A nice cool walk on a January evening by choice not necessity.
72. Ambient live violin music at the coffee shop.
73. A friendship deepening.
74. David Crowder Band
75. 'Oh let me see Your face
      Hidden in simple things.'
76. The victory of anger subsiding almost as quick as it came.
77. Satiation often in my job.
78. Ability to decipher building codes.
79. The beauty in 'The Young Victoria'
80. Sleep that comes easily.
81. Sequence #3
82. Lorieo
83. Lying down and waking up in safety.
84. Being able to lay in bed after waking.
85. An abundance of friends.
86. The beauty and serenity of a sleeping baby.
87. The touch of a child.
88. The joy of a giggling child.
89. A mind slowly being renovated and restored from the futile

      thinking of the culture around me.
90. The need to wear sunglasses after endless days of clouds.
91. A double baptism in the family.
92. Surprise lunches with my Grandpa.
93. My Grandpa being mischievous.
94. Autosave in AutoCAD when the power goes out.
95. Ocean by John Butler Trio.
96. Beautiful and brilliant sunsets to chase.
97. January days that feel like April.
98. A gloriously wasteful God who paints aforementioned sunsets

      new each day.
99. The giddiness of giving an unexpected gift.
100. Text from a friend in which I totally made their day through a

        small effort.