some gifts i've received... and how they help me as a disciple

Drawings from John Reid.... amazing how precious a child's efforts can be
(God give us grace to know that you delight in our stammering & not so glamorous gifts to you.)

Homemade chocolate chip cookies from Olivia... tons o choc.chips but dripping even more with love
(Giving up sweets for Lent must be temporarily and moderately interrupted when keeping the law destroys the spirit of what you are seeking to build in your heart.)

CD by The Arcade Fire from Andrew
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Anne Lamott book from Kim
(How good it is to be known... to receive things you like that expose your freakyness. And God knows me best of all. How much more specific must his gifts be, even when they are hard.)