Thankful Thursday, Take 132

Thanking God this week for...

• safe travels to Ohio and back
• a fun weekend with family and friends
• donuts at the county fair
• all the playing outside Elijah got to do at our parents' houses
• our new microwave! handed down from my in-laws
• all the counter space I gained from getting rid of our old, giant one
• clean, sparkling counters free of clutter since we rearranged last night
• grace to make good choices about how I spend my time
• Elijah taking great naps after sleeping terribly last week and over the weekend
• music
• loving me just as I am, but loving me too much to leave me this way
• sacrificing the comfort and glory of heaven to become Man and rescue us
• choosing the hardest possible act--the cross--because of the joy set before Him