Giving Thanks Anyway

Being sick in the middle of a work team isn't the best timing.  Ok, so I guess there is really never a good time to be sick.  There are a few posts swirling around in my head today as I try to be productive, but just want to curl up under my blanket and live there for a week.  This one today: the green grass isn't a place- it's a person, reminded me of this one: the grass is greener where you water it,  which reminded me of this one I wrote last year: watering my grass with gratitude. 

It would be quite easy to sit down in my stuffy nosed, hacking-up-a-lung, weary state and just bewail the fact that I have to cook dinner for 11 people tonight.  But instead, I will choose to be thankful for the One who is strength in my weakness.  {Ok, so maybe I'll wallow in some tea and honey and then give thanks.  But here is the gratitude I've scribbled down this weekend anyway.}

6765.  pumpkin muffins.  a taste of autumn.
6766.  DIY Pumpkin Spice Syrup in my coffee

6767.  chicken noodle soup- even if I had to make it myself
6768.  a husband who sends me to bed to rest
6769.  cold medicine

6771.  a sink full of silver- hidden treasure of hospitality- well fed guests.

6772.  Sabbath- a day of rest, beauty and creativity
6773.  Sunday afternoon nap on the couch with our boys
6774.  rainy afternoon snuggles
6775.  them not being too big yet
6776.  You- strength in my weakness.
6777.  this earthen vessel- that the power may be of God and not me.