Thankful Tuesdays

Title is borrowed from Justina Tey's blog ..makingmum.blogspot.com

Have always felt blessed after reading Justina's blog.. she always tries to find something to be thankful for despite the difficult circumstances. However I must also add that unless we are internally thankful for the greatest gift that God had give us - eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, we will still be dependent on external circumstances to m
antain our thankfulness.

Nonetheless, we are people who walk by sight and so it is important to mantain our sight as we grow our faith and learn to walk more by faith than by sight.

This CNY there was much to be thankful for....

For the rest that I am moving into...

For the company of friends and family....


For the gift of cooking.....



And for the simple pleasures of life - flowers, creativity, beauty of nature (man made or otherwise)



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