Still Grateful

Sigh.

It's been too long since I've added to my "1,000 Gifts" gratitude list.  And to be honest, I've been having a hard time making myself be grateful.  What a wretch I am!  How can I NOT be grateful, being surrounded by so many blessings.  Blessings like:

22.  New friends.

23.  Surprise provision of a large sum of cash from an anonymous source.  Much, much needed.

24.  The ability to minister to other people's needs.  Very significant for me, having been prevented from doing much of that in recent months.
                                                                                                             
25.  The steady love and prayers of my husband.                                                                                  

26.  The way the Lord is leading my husband, step - by - step, to lead our family.  Pretty exciting!

28.  Our daughters getting to do something they've wanted to do for a long time!

29.  Websites such as ABE books and Amazon.com and paperbackbookexchange.com, where we can purchase books economically.

30.  How much fun it can be to home educate a 3rd grader!  And how much I learn as I teach my junior-higher. 

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, for these and for hundreds of other gifts - small and large - that You pour into my life so abundantly, I thank you.  May my life be a continual response of gratitude for Your loving care and provision, and flat out indulgence toward me, your unworthy wayward daughter.  Amen.

In the Name of the Giver of every good and perfect gift,
Hester