CAN I JOY DARE YOU? – Week 5

Can I Joy Dare You? – Week 5

As I continue to count the gifts I feel like I have been on a scavenger hunt seeking new things. A wonderful week searching and looking. Thanks so much to Ann Voskamp for leading this journey.

January 28 ~ 3 Graces found in friends

• met an artist online and we hope to meet face to face in the spring or summer
• met a couple with a dog from Red Deer, Alberta while we walked around our lake – they will be going to Mardi Gras party so we might meet them there
• emails from friends and new acquaintances

January 29 ~ A song heard, a soft word, a light seen

• birds at 5pm make a cacophony of music
• telling Snowball “no” without raising my voice
• seeing light in photos so I can paint the light

January 30 ~ 3 old things seen new

• our old socks with holes are new toys for Snowball

• we use recycled water here in the desert for our lakes and watering our lawns
• as we give our life to Christ we are renewed – a new person in Jesus

January 31 ~ a gift on paper, in person, in a picture

• love my journals, notebooks, sketch books
• I love all my Bible Babes – such wonderful women of faith and funny too
• a smilebox from my daughter – grandson playing “I’ll get your nose”.

February 1 ~ 3 gifts red

• red berries on a bush

• we call it a “bottle bush” but not sure what it is

• humming bird feeder

February 2 ~ 3 gifts on paper

Baby Bryce – Batik

• love my new batik rice paper and then the paint goes on – fun
• books, books and more books
• journals for writing my thoughts, prayers, and ideas

February 3 ~ 3 gifts found in writing

• fiction – love a good fiction book before bed
• non-fiction – always have 2 or 3 on the go – right now, Wonderstruck, Everything and Refresh

• my Bible – God’s Word – always refreshing, nourishing, and powerful