June Gifts (456-491)

Three Gifts Orange:

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Three Gifts Funny:

#459  How Gabriel loves to impress his Poppy.

#460  Three kids in a tub.

#461  The love of heroes and villains.

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Three Gifts From Today's Conversations:

#462  Revelation about the needs of a silent one.

#463  Having someone to dream dreams with.

#464  Comfort in company.

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Three Gifts Found in Christ:

#465  Acceptance, astounding me.

#466  Most beautiful Savior.

#467  Wanting His humility.

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#468  A Gift of Peace: Morning wandering alone, finding beauty here.

#469  A Gift of Hope:  Remembrance of one evil, stopped.

#470  A Gift of Love

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Three Gifts "Ugly Beautiful":

#471  Missing friends for years...but reuniting over dinner--catching up and seeing their sweet faces. 

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#472  Scary, yet awe-inspiring.

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#473  Frustrations ending in apologies.

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Three Gifts in What I am Reading:

#474  "I don't believe God wants our church life to be centered on buildings and services. Instead, God wants our churches--whatever specific forms our gatherings take--to be focused on active discipleship, mission, and the pursuit of unity."

--Erasing Hell by Francis Chan

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#475  "If you are pessimistic about your lot in life, science suggests, you can create a self-fulfilling prophecy that leads to disease.... No matter how dire your lot, just being optimistic engenders success, health, and happiness. [...] So what is it that makes 'the days of the oppressed' so wretched? I believe it's their own tendency to see the cup half-empty, instead of half-full. They are oppressed by their own fears and anxieties, their own selfish desires, their own ungrateful hearts--hearts that dwell on the bad instead of believing the best, hearts that covet what they've been denied instead of contenting themselves with what they've been given. [...] 'Happiness is not having what you want, it's wanting what you have.'"

--Love Your Husband, Love Yourself by Jennifer Flanders

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#476  "...dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being part of the whole thing, that's the blessing."

--Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

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Three Gifts Empty:

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Three Gifts That Made Me Really Smile:

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#483  AGift at 8: Sitting outside in Mimi's garden with two little wonderers.

#484  A Gift at 12:  Lunch with Mamaw.

#485  A Gift at 2:  My dad installed car seats for me. 

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Three Gifts Painted:

#486  Sweet face, so unaware.

#487  Solar glower.

#488  Masterpiece.

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Three Gifts Full:


#489  Happy, entertained crowd.

#490  Little hands full of fun gifts from a mommy and daddy who've been away.

#491  House full of dolls, tiny treasures.

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I'm counting to One Thousand...