Half-way

So if the goal is 1,000 gifts then with today's entry I am more than half way there.  It really hasn't taken very long for this list to grow and it's already helped me focus so much more on the Lord who pours out blessings in abudence.  I saw a shirt at Kingdom Bound this weekend with a picture of the lucky charms cereal guy on it that said "I'm not lucky or charmed I'm blessed"  How true that is, the good things in my life have a source they're not the result of random chance, magic spells or karma they're result of a loving Father looking at me and saying "This is the good I'm going to do because I love you"  Sometimes those good things are easily identifiable and sometimes the things that are best for me hurt, but all of it comes from a God who loves me and is drawing me more and more to Himself.

419.  Wikipedia
420.  Coffee lids
421.  Storm Clouds clearing
422.  Finding the way
423.  Scenic detours
424.  Antique cars
425.  Celtic Music
426.  Bagpipes
427.  Cellos
428.  Sliced Tomato
429.  Smell of bacon
430.  Knowing God hears
431.  French Celtic music
432.  Light times
433.  Eyes to see Your praises
434.  Dew covered grass
435.  Sunlight streaming through thick woods
436.  Being able to read
437.  Rhythm of a beating heart
438.  Accountability
439.  Meeting goals
440.  Swedish fish
441.  8 o'clock team arriving
442.  Backyard Fire pits
443.  Kiddie pools
444.  Pasta salad with radiator noodles
445.  Cumin
446.  Adjectives
447.  Crunchy celery
448.  Slap bracelets
449.  White thread
450.  Green springy decorations
451.  Jean capris
452.  Cargo pockets
453.  Buttons
454.  Baby blue shirts
455.  "The only thing that's good in me is Jesus"
456.  Church picnic
457.  Lilies overwhelming the traffic circle
458.  Koinania
459.  Stone quarries
460.  Babbling brooke
461.  Tents
462.  Up close thunder and lightening
463.  Mist
464.  Sculpted fountains
465.  Free flip flops
466.  Everything bagels
467.  Free Monk bread
468.  Walkie Talkie guy
469.  Carousel horses
470.  Cobblestones
471.  Gardeners
472.  Clean showers
473.  Drinking rain water
474.  Sign language interepreters
475.  Running into old friends
476.  Seeing VBS kids who are all grown up and are still serving the Lord
477.  Oreo ice cream
478.  Ice cold water
479.  Sun Showers
480.  Tote bags
481.  Flood lights
482.  Bands warming up
483.  Making melody
484.  Conga drums
485.  In-line skater ministry
486.  Berets
487.  Penguin stickers
488.  Raised hands
489.  "Better is one day in Your courts than thousands elsewhere"
490.  Wristbands
491.  Sea lions
492.  Various gifts
493.  "This is where the healing begins"
494.  "It's not about what I've done, but what's been done for me"
495.  "You must be really bad because Jesus had to die for you, but you must be really loved because Jesus cared enough to die for you"
496.  "You are who You are no matter where I am"
497.  Safe travels
498.  Being born where the truth is
499.  Blisters that show full days
500.  My own bed
501.  "I'm not lucky or charmed I'm blessed"
502.  Artichokes
503.  Velcro
504.  Well played violins
505.  Afternoon coffee