Life Through My Lens

  • Gratitude: My 1000th Gift

    For a little over a year now, I have been recording my gratitude list in this space on Mondays. (If you haven’t read Ann Voskamp’s book One Thousand Gifts yet, I highly recommend it.) I have definitely noticed a difference in the times I keep my Gift List Journal out and visible and the times…

  • Happy Veterans Day

    My family is full of veterans. My husband. My father. My father-in-law. My brother. My cousin. Pray for him, he is currently “over there”. Thank you to all the veterans who have served.

  • Gratitude: Worship

    As my pastor preached yesterday about worship and how true worship comes from gratitude, I smiled wide and wrote… “gratitude listing = worship.” Join me in worship… Thank you Heavenly Father for… 967. “I like puddles.” she says from her perch in the aft of the van… 968. “know what’s the best thing about…

  • Light For Your Hike, Day 15

      “…but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.” ~Proverbs 15:15   “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine” ~Proverbs 17:21 Is your heart merry today? What can be done to help if it isn’t? Feel free to leave prayer requests in the comments below and know they will…

  • Light For Your Hike, Day 14

      “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” ~1 John 4:18 *** Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.… I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now,…