Tag: threads of gratitude

Threads of Gratitude: 100% Earth-friendly cloth Edition

Today is Earth Day, a celebration of the world we’ve been given, the beauty contained within it, and the responsibility we’ve been given to care for it.  While the “official” holiday of Earth Day has only been around for the past 40 years, that mandate is as old as the earth itself: The LORD God… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: 100% Earth-friendly cloth Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Purple T-shirt Edition

SURVIVOR. I really like the sound of that word.  And I don’t mean the TV show, either.  That word, “SURVIVOR”, still gives me goosebumps.  Still brings tears to my eyes.  Still makes my heart overflow with gratitude, love, and admiration.  Still makes me remember…and rejoice. It was one year ago – April 14, 2009 –… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Purple T-shirt Edition

Threads of Gratitude: White Linen Cloths Edition

Sin is dirty.  Ugly.  Staining.  A bloody smear across a canvas of white. Sin is shameful.  Wretched.  Filthy.  Exposing my nakedness to a mocking, unforgiving world.  Heaping guilt upon guilt for all the times I have failed, fallen, given in. Sin is constantly reminding.  Accusing.  Judging.  A cruel tormentor to my burdened soul. Amidst all… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: White Linen Cloths Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Spring Break T-Shirt Edition

It’s Thursday…and that means it’s time for some gratitude! (For those of you new to the blog, or who have forgotten because it’s been so long since I’ve done this, you can read the story of my threads of gratitude here.) This week we enjoyed Spring Break, and this year I decided to make it… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Spring Break T-Shirt Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Business Casual Edition

I know, I know.  It’s been awhile.  The blog has been silent – especially on Thursdays – for a long time.  I’ve had plenty of things to be grateful for over the past three months.  I’ve just lacked the motivation, the time, the mental capacity to put it all together, I guess. But something happened… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Business Casual Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Rocks in my Pocket Edition

Well, this week has been one “Rockin’” week, that’s for sure!  And there’s been so much to be grateful for that I almost don’t know where to start. So I’m going to do something a little different.  I’m going to focus my threads of gratitude this week on our Bible verse that we’ve been teaching… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Rocks in my Pocket Edition

Threads of Gratitude: The Tie that Binds Edition

After the retreat last weekend, I’m on a high.  A huge, happy, overwhelmed high.  So many wonderful memories, so many new friends, so many happy moments that have bonded me to my sisters in Christ.  I’m so excited about the opportunity to get to know these women better over the coming months, and to build… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: The Tie that Binds Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Cardboard Testimony Edition

Our church is doing something amazing for Easter.  I get shivers just thinking about it. Volunteers have written a testimony of what their life was like before Christ and after Christ on two sides of a piece of cardboard.  While the praise team sings, one by one the sign-holders come out and show the before… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Cardboard Testimony Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Wedding Dress Edition

We – and apparently everyone else in the Metroplex who WASN’T at the Ft. Worth Zoo – spent the day at the Arboretum.  We were wowed by the brilliant rainbows of flowers, amazed at the creative architecture of the Storybook Playhouses and refreshed by wonderful conversation, fresh air, and time to be together.  Of course,… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Wedding Dress Edition