Gratitude: Day SIX
“Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life
consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. …
“But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. …
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Luke 12: 15,31,34.)
A few TREASURES I value:
heritage
love this photo of my ancestors.
I love that the kids aren’t looking and that the moms are trying to get them to hold still.
hard work
My Grandma on her mission.
She is the one standing up… doesn’t she look thrilled to be washing windows?
I really do appreciate all the fulfillment and accomplishment that comes from a job well done.
memories
This was such a fun activity with Charity Michel and Ben Coffin.
We certainly were not the best skiers, but we sure had fun and got some exercise.
James Barrie, the Scottish poet, declared,
“God gave us memories, that we might have June roses in the December of our lives.”
childhood joys
this is my grandma nelson when she was a little girlie.
She had a bit of spunk as an adult and so I love seeing this picture of her as a child.
Doesn’t she look happy?!
love
I read an awesome quote that I wanted to note.
I think after nearly 11 years of marriage, Jimmy realizes how completely weird I am.
But for some reason, he married me. Nice man!
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird,
and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours,
we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” ― Dr. Seuss
family
Look at all those cute cousins. Does Eliza look like me as a wee babe? I guess we’ll see as she gets older.
adventure/fun
Oh – the days when we’d just throw everything in our car and take off for a fun adventure.
This happened to be a camping trip for a recreational leadership class at BYU.
Totally fun times!
I need to scan more pictures in from high school and college.
grace
I read a really great talk by Brad Wilcox about GRACE recently.
I learned a lot … but mostly realized how much I still need to learn about GRACE.
What fun old family photos! Such a treasure, indeed.
I’m with you on that Wilcox talk on grace. I always had a hard time wrapping my head around how Mormons saw grace vs. how other Christians understood it…I never felt comfortable with what I was taught about the idea of “Mormon grace”. Anyway, I think Wilcox taught it perfectly – I just wish it was maybe a General Conference talk, or in some other format to reach more people, so it had more hope of straightening our people out!
I love this. All of the pictures of your family and you as a little one are so fun! And I absolutely adore that Dr. Seuss quote! It’s been one of my favorites for a while because it is so true! Haha.