Thankful Thursday: Ultimate 2008 Edition

On the day we all give thanks, I continue a tradition of multiplying my weekly list exponentially. Thanking God today for...

1. my friend Kelly, who inspired me with her mega-thankful list a couple of years ago
2. furnaces
3. digital cameras
4. setting eternity in my heart
5. daisies
6. old hymn lyrics updated with new music
7. new gospel songs rich with truth
8. del.icio.us
9. Facebook
10. the beautiful women I have met through online interactions
11. hot showers
12. the rhythm of ocean tides
13. sandy beaches
14. snowflakes falling in slow motion
15. candy buckeyes
16. football
17. memory
18. photographs
19. ink
20. paper
21. cinnamon
22. the body's ability to heal itself
23. clocks that project on the ceiling
24. Desiring God Ministries
25. Operation Christmas Child
26. people who intercede for me
27. Jesus, who always intercedes for me
28. soft fabrics
29. kisses
30. crockpots
31. fire
32. laughter
33. teeth
34. literacy
35. glass
36. frou-frou coffee drinks
37. the alphabet
38. cell phones
39. the fact that He never changes
40. free sermons to download online
41. an iPod to listen to them
42. long walks
43. foot rubs
44. olive oil
45. refrigerators
46. unconditional love
47. marriage
48. solitude
49. pain
50. sleep
51. sunsets
52. sunrises
53. darkness
54. ice cream
55. metaphors
56. Sandra Boynton's children's books
57. sunglasses
58. salt
59. thunderstorms
60. lilies
61. candles
62. windows
63. pianos
64. the ability to read music
65. absorbing novels
66. Montpelier, Ohio's municipal tap water
67. a husband who still flirts with me
68. grandparents who dote on my son
69. inside jokes
70. air travel
71. poetry
72. creative nonfiction
73. swings
74. the rhythm of the changing seasons
75. the fact that He never changes
76. forgiving all my sins
77. redeeming my life from the pit
78. crowning me with steadfast love and mercy
79. Handel's Messiah
80. Christmas lights
81. aspen trees
82. mountains
83. the ability to walk
84. paint
85. delivering me from the domain of darkness
86. reconciling me to Himself by the blood of the cross
87. gospel-centered people
88. mentors
89. bringing me from death to life
90. midwives
91. Elijah's nonsensical chatter
92. our Ergo baby carrier
93. the ability to breastfeed
94. vinegar
95. Elijah's outstretched arms, begging to be picked up and cuddled
96. pumpkin desserts
97. bridges
98. Steve's job
99. the silky smooth skin of babies
100. no condemnation