Thank You, Heavenly Father, for...

1. My family's new camera which brings Your wondrous works of creation into sharper, closer focus -- and for the excellent price we purchased it at. It is a superior tool and I am so grateful for it! May it be used for Your glory alone.

2. The warm home you have given us -- it is a refuge from this evil world, and shelter from last weekend's blizzard, besides.

 

3. My hardworking dad and brother; they shoulder the heaviest loads with determination.

4. The pure elation on the faces of Eskimo children as they swiftly slide down a pile of snow.

5. Calling my family to the Eskimo people -- for the unsurpassed privilege of pointing them to the Savior -- for allowing us to have a part in their lives for all eternity. Please pray for my family as we seek to win them to the Lord.

6. The sunlight which is again flooding my home with radiant LIGHT! That the darkness of winter is far behind us, and that we snow have 10-1/2 hours of visible daylight -- three days in a row! Glory be! "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." (Ecc. 11:7)

7. The songs from Scripture which You have given to me (seven, to date). They are the most meaningful, comforting, and praiseworthy songs I can sing because they come directly from the Word of Life!

Sing them over again to me,

Wonderful Words of Life,

Let me more of their beauty see,

Wonderful Words of Life.

8. Forty-nine wonderful pictures, taken a few years ago, sent to us recently from precious fellow laborers of the Lord -- for the encouraging memories of that time that are forever etched in my memory.

9. Wednesdays to catch up on college assignments and to accomplish tasks about the house.

10. Brightly colored, juicy fruit that bespeaks LIFE. For giving me life eternal in Your Son -- the greatest gift I have or ever will receive. For each day and every moment.

And this is life eternal, 

that they might know thee 

the only true God, and Jesus Christ, 

whom thou hast sent.

{ John 17:3 }