Thankful Thursday! (26)

“My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.”  ~Psalm 62:7

Today, I am thankful for...

1.  Hilarious road trip and great weekend at Malori's new house in OKC with five of my most favorite friends... (to be covered far more extensively in a future blog post)!

2.  A fun, relaxing, homemade dinner in Abby's backyard with good friends and good food! :)

3.  "Created to reflect God's glory, born to bear His image, He ransomed us back to reflect that glory again. Every heart was given a mythic glory, and that glory is being restored." (~Eldredge)

4.  The awesome realization that I can get very similar results using a small Sharpie marker instead of a real Calligraphy pen, and save myself loads of time!!  (Doing Rach's wedding envelopes this week)

5.  I really just thought this was cool and wanted to throw it in somewhere... but I am thankful that God created our minds with the ability to see the meaning through the mess. :)  Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

6.  My Mom, for being willing to bring all the paint stuff down to Malori's, for doing some laundry and cooking and shopping for me while she's here this week, and for generally being willing to help out in any way possible!

7.  And finally, I am thankful for my childhood.  For loving family and extended family and friends and good memories and good churches, and that I always felt safe and loved.  (Listened to Joyce Meyer's personal testimony this morning, and was reminded that some children grow up in an abusive atmosphere of continual fear and shame and pain... God has obviously transformed her life and used it to help so many others, but anyway, it made me very thankful!)

Song of the Week = Forget You (not Cee Lo, but Gwyneth Paltrow on Glee!)

*I know it's both cheesy and vindictive, but wow, I kinda love this song! :)  Haven't watched Glee much, but this struck me as fun/funny, and I love Gwyneth, so here it is.  Enjoy!

"I pity the foo-ool who falls in love with you!" :)