New Year Brings Many Thanks

There are many things to be grateful for as I start a new year which is good because I still have a ways to go to reach a thousand!

201.  Another year on this earth.
202.  A savior who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses (Heb 4:15)
203. A bounty of new books to read.
204.  Unity on the pastoral search committee that I'm on.
205.  Getting to hear the word of God preached numerous times throughout the week as I listen to sermons from prospective pastors.
206.  Listening to the sighs and watching the facial expressions of a friend's newborn.
207.  The Body of Christ at work: a friend took my kids for a couple of hours yesterday and sent me home with dark chocolate and tea and orders to rest.
208.  Dark chocolate with raspberry filling.
209.  Coconut cocoa tea.
210. Answered prayers.
211.  The joy of my son when I come to pick him up from school--seeing him running toward me shouting "mommy!"
212.  Getting the digital scrapbooks in the mail that I worked on all last year and watching the excitment on the kids faces as they flip through their books.
213.  Having down time to organize my house.
214.  The anticipation of what God is going to do in and through me this year.
215.  Listening to Ian read.

That's all for now...