Smitten Over These Sweet Mid-Winter Lifesavers

If ever we needed to speak gratitude it would be right about now, smack dab in the midst of winter.  In this season of gray and drab, dark and solitary, God whispers beauty and peace, hope and grace.

He opens our eyes to spy simple treasures and lovely treats and long yearned for answers to prayer, those more-than-we-ask-or-imagine requests.

I'm smitten with gratitude for graces small and big indeed ...

big chunks of sea glass

seed pods & all manner of dried objects

seashells gathered near & far

& Erin Loechner's refreshing memoir, Chasing Slow

 those sunlit days after a howling shake-the-shutters windswept rainstorm

unearth huge waves that roar & shimmer

 as you spread the fragrant lotions & don the slippers 

& enjoy your Christmas gifts, these are the perfect opportunities 

to intercede for those who gifted you

 stress relief at its finest ... 

long evenings spent with an old tin full of sparkling gel pens

& a great big coloring book

it's all about fleece from the top of my head to beneath my toes

swaddled in flannel all night

old quilts stitched for toasty warmth reside on beds & sofas & chairs

I finally dug out the journal from under a pile of books ...

 I've missed penning my conversations with God 

I saved the best for last.

  

After 18 months of wondering and waiting and praying,

 God's opened the door wide for me to 

counsel women in this new place we call home.  

I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am.  

Here's all the details.

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celebrating winter's joys with

Leigh  .  Holley  .  Anne  .  Brenda  .  Emily

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