it's thanksgiving weekend
what a great thing, a long weekend to spend with family and friends and be thankful.
after work on friday i stopped by to visit a friend that had a hard day on thursday. i talked to her husband to find out her favorite drink. a skinny decaf caramel macchiato, extra hot. i discovered that you can have peppermint mochas ALL year long. i showed up on her doorstep and was greeted with no hesitation, but a hug and an invitation to stay. we talked and talked. the kids were home and were fooling around. i love this family. i could've stayed all night (the oldest boy said to me when I was leaving: are you leaving now? i thought you would NEVER leave!... i don't think he actually knows what that means, but it was pretty funny) i am very thankful for this family.
friday night it snowed, and it snowed and it snowed.
i took my camera outside on the tripod.
i played with shutter speeds, with apertures. i took pictures of light, and was lucky enough to catch a car driving around the corner at just the right time. i danced in the yard as the snow fell. i'm very thankful for fun and creativity.
yesterday I spent the whole day with Michael. just michael. i woke up and read for a few hours. we snuggled on the couch. we laughed over the Office. we went grocery shopping. we went out for lunch. we worked together in the kitchen. we cleaned. we talked. we laughed. we each made part of supper and we just enjoyed being together. i am thankful for a day like yesterday!
last night I talked with shauna on the phone for awhile. I have very few friends that call me anymore. Calling people just to talk isn't something that many people do. but Shauna and I do sometimes and i love it. it can be about something serious or nothing at all. i am very thankful for Shauna (and Matthew!)
today we had our caregroup over for lunch, michael and i made lasagnas, salad, dips, garlic bread, dessert, coffee... it was a joint effort, and i'm very thankful for Michael. and I am very thankful for our many wonderful friends.
this evening we will be going to have supper with my Dad. I'm finding it strange that we don't have a single family gathering this weekend. i'm feeling a little sad about it, like something is missing. My mom has only been gone (to Colorado) for 2 days, and I feel like she's been gone forever. Yesterday I just needed to call her to ask her a question and I felt so lost knowing I couldn't call her!! But we will go have supper with my Dad and enjoy being with him. My dad always makes me laugh. There is no one in the world that I love the way I love my Dad. And no one in the world loves me how he does. I am very thankful for my Mom and Dad. (both sets!)
i'm hoping to take some shots of my sister soon. I've never met anyone that radiated so beautifully with pregnancy. Pregnancy and Leah are just a beautiful pair. I am thankful for babies. I am thankful to be an auntie. I am thankful for my brothers and my sisters.
this morning I was blessed by the sermon (Pierre Gilbert spoke this week). i was blessed by the way that he talked about WHY we thank God. he chose to talk about suffering, and how we don't expect it, but when it comes it hits us like a 2x4 in the face. he talked about praise and thanksgiving in the midst of suffering. that we do not praise the situation or what has happened. that we don't sing a few songs or read a few lines to CONVINCE ourselves that we want to praise. but that we need to have a life orientation in one thing. GOD IS GOOD. so that no matter what is going on in our lives, peace and joy, or utter despair and chaos, we can still know that God is good, even when everything else is very much NOT good. i'm not doing justice to this sermon with my few lines on here. but I am thankful that God is good.
so we may not be getting together this weekend for "thanksgiving", yet my weekend is full of giving thanks.
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