#0011 - #0020 One Thousand Gifts

#0011 - the ability to laugh with myself
(or is it AT myself?!)
What a gift! ^.^

#0012 - a blanket of sparkling undisturbed snow

#0013 - *sniffffffff* Ahhh ... that glorious "new book" smell

#0014 - the sound the pages make as I turn them

#0015 - sharing a sincere smile with a stranger

#0016 - giggling my way through a new workout with a friend :p

#0017 - taking that first deep inhalation of the crisp winter air in the morning
Even at a bitter -11 degrees, it's still divine

#0018 - God revealing himself to me in a new way

#0019 - my unruly dog, Bandit, howling every time the church bell rings
Perhaps he's making a joyful noise unto the Lord ... ???
(Unlikely. Naughty dog! LOL)

#0020 - how I can't listen to this song without sobbing uncontrollably ...
oh, how He loves us ... how He loves us all. ♥

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all

He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, were all sinking.
And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don't have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way

He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

~David Crowder Band~