Eucha- what?

Eucharisteo

(Yoo-hau-dee-STAY'-oh)

The Greek meaning thankful, to be thankful.

(I know I kinda stink at word pronunciations.)

A dear friend of mine up here on the base taught this week on this word. It took me a while to pronounce it but it means to be thankful or grateful. And its been stuck in my head all week,

I felt God really putting it on my heart to be more attentive to the things He lays in front of me to be enjoyed. I do think that I am one who does that naturally but I really let it sink in this time.

I got my very first care-package from my mother this week. She sent me my boots! I really needed these things. Not only because its already winter up here but because, honestly, they're pretty darn adorable and my roommate has boots that are very similar and just because we live on a rural mountain, does'nt mean we need to dress like it. 

Thanks God, for cute things.

Thanks for skirts.

Thanks for time with you outside.

Thanks for brushing our deck with leaves.

I woke up to this the other day. Before it snowed like crazy! This photo doesnt even begin to capture the crazy beautiful scene that this was. I watched this cloud formation escort in the new day. It changed and shifted until the sun broke through to warm our home up here.

Thanks God, for natural warmth. 

Thanks for waking me up to share this with me. 

Thank you for creating the enormity of the sky to amaze and intrigue me. 

This one was from a few days before! Again, this photo is so lovely but it doesn't capture the all. Look at this, you guys! My God is an artist! He KNOWS Grace sees this and thinks "Holy buckets! What the heck!" And I stand there until it's done being lovely. See? God does that because He knows me and knows what makes my heart flip. He knows what it takes to make me stand still in the cold morning before a busy day.

Thanks God, for new days and new mercies.

Thanks for speaking to me in ways that only I understand sometimes.

Thanks for color

Thanks for golden leaves.

Thanks for crazy beautiful days.

Thanks for MOUNTAINS!

Thanks. 

Thanks, God for good music. 

Thanks for giving me my own sense of music taste, even. 

Thanks for meeting me in music.

Thanks for making me sensitive to music.

This is Kinsey Bean. 

When our room is a mess and we're sore from Insanity and we have book reports due in the morning and might be slightly irritated with each other, we stay up to chat and laugh distract each other from reading. Even when this girl makes my BLOOD BOIL!!!!!!!! (Well not really, not yet.) I decide to love her to death. She's my partner. I don't know what I'd do without her. And she puts up with my junk too. 

Thanks God, for Kinsey. 

Thanks for a someone to vent to when I need to. 

Thanks for beds. 

Thanks for sleeps. 

This is a candle my mom sent me. I sat outside and burned it all by my lonesome. Which is nice after being with people all day long. 

Thanks God, for little candles. 

Thanks for warmth when my hands are cold. 

Thanks for polka dot leggings when I probably can't even really afford them. 

Hey God, thanks for people. Even when I get tired of them. I need em. 

Thank you for light. 

Look at this amazing moth I found! I found it in the drive way. It was dead but it's wings caught my eye. I picked it up and it almost took up the majority of my palm. I loved its fuzzy little body and its stringy, broken antenni. I admired its white-grey stripy, textured wings and the bright, red-orange underwings. 

Wow! Thank you, Lord for moths. 

Thanks for keeping this little guy for me to find. 

Thank you for making moths gentle and not scary. 

Thanks for showing me Your beauty even through bugs. 

Earlier this week I got really sick. I didn't want to seem incapable or lazy so I pushed myself and justified myself. Eventually I pushed myself too far and instead of "getting through to the other side", I got too sick to participate. I layed in my bed and listened to some more good music. I dunno 'bout you but I love connecting with the Creator while listening to Sigur Ros. 

Thanks God, for more good music. 

Thanks for "making me lay down in green pastures" when I just won't. 

Thanks for restoring me. 

Thanks, God. 

Thanks that I have a home to go back to. 

Thanks for giving me people. 

Thanks for loving my city. 

There are so many more things I am grateful for; The smell of coffee! Bicycles! Pillows when I'm really tired! Showers! Toilet paper even!

This was a good idea. 

Cause honestly, you guys, this past week was pretty hard to live. I think for everyone. But God stopped me from complaining! He literally said "Quit it". He disciplines those He loves! And He knows what's best for me. This turned my week around and made it whole again. Plus, it's Saturday now. The week is over. A new week is a-brewin. 

Hey you, let me know what you're grateful for. Really. Think about it. And take time to enjoy it. God knows your heart. He knows what delights you! And He loves filling your day with those things. 

All good things come from God. 

Oh hey! I'm gunna start hanging out with the young people at the church we've been attending. I'm so excited. What is a weird dreadhead Jesus freak doing with our young people!? 

They're all gunna have dreads by the time I leave. 

Okay. I gotta go. Call me if you think you can pronounce Eucharisteo. Ha! 

But really. I'd love to hear your voice. 

Love you guys. 

Have a super awesome weekend.