Day 4

One gift old:  my hubby!
One gift new:  the new year, 2013
One gift blue:  Noah's blue eyes

Day 5

Something I'm reading:  Self Talk, Soul Talk
Something I'm  making:  Addison's quilt (must finish this!)
Something I'm  seeing:  Nathan enjoying his senior year of high school

Day 6

One thing in my bag:  my pocket calander
One thing on my fridge:  picture of Esmael Abdela, our sponsored child in Ethiopia
One thing in my heart:  the Spirit of the Living God

http://www.christianbook.com/self-talk-soul-what-when-yourself/jennifer-rothschild/9780736920728/pd/920720

Day 2

A gift outside:  Sunshine, in spite of the -10 degrees this morning
A gift inside:  Our new pellet stove
On a plate:  Baked salmon

Day 3

3 graces you overheard:
#1 My husband praying
#2 My son laughing
#3 In the quiet, the clock ticking, knowing He is with me every second

On Ann Voskamp's journal today, she suggests choosing a word for the year.  Allowing God to focus you on one word, thought, concept and then watching how He forms that word in you.  Trying to think of my word....how to choose just one word.  Fullness.  That's my word.  

Col. 2:9  For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.

fullness

Noun The state of being filled to capacity. The state of having eaten enough or more than enough and feeling full.

Synonyms plenitude - completeness

One of my new things this year, 2013 is to paticipate in the Joy Dares. So I'm already a day behind! 
Day 1:  3 gifts heard

1.  Dad and I taking Elisabeth out to lunch and a movie for her birthday, and as we are in line waiting to go into the movie, she says, "I feel like an only child."  
2.  The voice of an old friend from Tennessee.
3.  Revelation Song by Phillips, Craig and Dean

Revelation Song