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Speechless.

Thankfulness is the theme of the day, but in my life it's been the theme of the season. Really! Where do I start? My Papa has always been so good to me and He's teaching me to have eyes to see beyond, into the little details and thoughts through which He celebrates me... He celebrates me! That in itself it's reason to be thankful for life; and then a long list of blessings rushes into my mind and my heart is overwhelmed with His tenderness and joy! Wo-hooooo!!! He loves me! :D Him and I we have a history, it's been growing, it's unfolding, it's ours alone, it's intimate & miraculous... and I'm simply thankful.

I'm thankful for this season and the seasons prior that brought me here, I'm thankful for my spiritual and biological family, thankful for friendships of a lifetime and new friendships, thankful for His faithful provision and His teaching of living in joy through anything as log as He's with me; I'm thankful for the assignment over my life in this season, thankful for the amazing people involved in fulfilling it with me, thankful, thankful, thankful and then some...

I'm alive, I get to smell, see, hear, touch and taste the goodness of my Maker in His creation; beauty all around! Each day a new chance to see His mercies, His care, His righteousness and power, His love. I get to feel beyond my senses all His goodness, all His care. "God is good" is so much more than a phrase that a congregation shouts when the pastor prompts them to, it's a profound reality beyond this world, beyond the very words that utter it. God is good!

Sorry for the rambling, but this morning my heart was overflowing with the theme of the day and I just wanted it to leak through my fingertips as I wrote this entry. May our eyes be opened even wider to the beauty and the love of the most incredible Lover, the most thoughtful Savior and Friend.