The Journey and the Challenge Begins

I have been reading this amazing book and been really encouraged and challenged to begin the hunt for the gifts of God in the here and now. So today I begin my journal of my own One Thousand Gifts. They may not be profound, but I pray that they will help me to find the JOY of where I am and the grace that I live in once again.

#1  Today as the tease of Spring weather disappeared to dreary and cool once again, I am thankful for a Burpee Gardening catalog that came in the mail. It's a great reminder of the hope that spring will arrive and that it will not be winter forever. This also reminds me that this journey of 1000 gifts may also bring spring back to my heart that has felt stuck in winter far too long.

#2 Finding a substitute to teach my class while I am out sick for yet another day.