It’s my favorite day of the week – when I get to look back at all of the incredible things God has done for me in the last seven days. This week, I remembered to journal what I’m grateful for every night except last – so I did it this morning. One of my goals is to do that every night, but as someone very wise once told me, “Just because you have a setback with a goal does not make it a failure. More importantly, experiencing setbacks in goals does not make YOU a failure.” The Lord is already showing me how to experience grace through the process of attaining my goals, and it’s AWESOME.
(If you haven’t read my blog on my World Race #GOALS, you can find the link at the top of this page!)
So, here’s to gratitude and setbacks and learning more about God’s grace every day.
This week, I am grateful for…
patient Spanish speakers
pulling weeds for conversation’s and nostalgia’s sake
time in the sun
yoga and mantras
filling food
singing off-key (and loudly)
Emma’s enthusiasm for storytelling (link)
prayer walks
unstructured team time
crisp and cool rain
God’s voice
being with kiddos
using my college degree
the ability to see and love children on the fringe
four years of quality Spanish education at BWHS
world famous coffee
refreshing Panamanian waterfalls
yoga buddies
passionate and playful preachers
OREOS
Sunday afternoon PJs
alone time
a common obsession over Les Mis with my team
chatting with my Mama and Daddy
well written emails
the process of sifting through the Word
podcasts
running in the shadow of a volcano
conversations with my new pal Irvin
musical worship
harvesting avocados (and the guac that follows)
Seeing Trevor face-to-face
As always, I would love to know what you are grateful for this week! Can’t wait to hear (read?) all about it. 🙂
