10 days of thankfulness. How is it going? Are you developing habits of looking at different things in a different light? I sure am. I knew that being thankful and saying or writing the things I am thankful for would change my perspective. I knew I would have to dig deep to sometimes be thankful. As life blasts on at light speed, I knew it would be hard to sit and write the things I am thankful for. Taking time away to sit and think about the thing I am thankful for, following this really strange list. Today is no different. What taste are you thankful for?
As a mom, not all tastes are very good. One time as J and I were having a tea party she dipped her tea sandwich in the tea and gave me a bite. I didn’t realize that it was a soggy sandwich until after I took the bite. Yikes that was not a pleasant taste of soggy sandwich.
Narrowing a taste down is pretty difficult. But really the taste I look forward to every day is the taste of my coffee. Life doesn’t seem like it can go forward without it. When I awake I crave that smell and that taste.
When I was a kid (well actually a teenager) I spent many days at my Aunts house. She always had a pot of coffee on. As a younger teenager I developed the love for the taste of coffee and as I spent more time at my aunts house I always had a cup and if I didn’t, she made sure I did. It was laden with lots of french vanilla creamer and filled with all kinds of calories a teenager burns quickly.
As I grew older my love for coffee never changed. I had coffee with hot chocolate mixed in. I had coffee with cream and sugar. When I first got married and a Keurig became popular, I used chocolate caramel creamer to make an ice coffee. It certainly was to die for.
Sometimes I was so tired in the morning, coffee was the only that helped me to move forward. I was in a constant newborn daze for about 5 years of my life of being a mom, I had a sleepy haze on my face all the time. Once I started my health journey, my energy levels increased and I know when I have not followed my eating plan correctly because I am tired. Coffee always seems to bring a smile to my face, joy to my heart, and warmth through ,my body. YUM! Thank the Lord for coffee.
When I had my third son I quit coffee cold turkey. This lasted for awhile. I started my health journey and began to try bullet proof coffee and it stuck. I now do not use the sugar, calorie laden coffee creamer and I changed the way I take my coffee all together. If you have never tried a bullet proof coffee it is delicious. With a few extra ingredients, I make a coffee that tastes like a professional latte every morning.
The scripture for today is Psalm 106:1 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever.
Powerful scripture here. The Lord is good, give thanks to him! I love it!
Lord Jesus help me to give thanks to you more often and through my entire day. Lord show me how to teach my children to live in constant praise of what you have done for us. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Signing off from one woman to another,
Jenny Wren.
The taste that I am grateful for today is Chocolate. I guess that is appropriate since its presence in my life is an indicator that we are blessed. Many people in the world have Never tasted chocolate. The story of the cacao farmer who never tasted the end product of his labors until a cacao buyer brought him a chocolate bar when visiting the cacao farm on business.
Yes, most Americans are blessed, or spoiled, with access to nearly anything imaginable. As a parent I often spoil our kids with ‘treats’ way more often than is healthy. I will have to let chocolate remind me to remember how Our Father loves to spoil us as His Children.
The thing that is even better than coffee, is chocolate flavored coffee. TEEHEEHEE