7 or 8 Things I Love About Me
Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 10:46PM Over the last three days, I've emerged victoriously healed from a six week bout with Crohn's Disease. Throughout my sick time I managed to write a little during occasional 30 minute bursts of energy between multiple three hour naps each day. I've been blessed during this period to receive two awards from Minister Mamie L. Pock of The Life I Now Live, to which I haven't had the energy to respond until now. I appreciate the motivation. I've been "tagged" as well by Lori Laws of Persevere, who asked that I tell 8 random facts about myself and tagged again by Chozeh of UCanHope2, who asked for 7 facts.
Having trouble coming up with 7 or 8 random facts that were any fun to share, I came across a post by Ally Marie of All Things Ally about the challenge of writing down things one loves about oneself. So, in the interest of saving time and combining all of my overdue responses into one post, here are 7 or 8 things I love about myself:
- I love that I forget easily; maybe it's early "oldtimer's", but slights, problems, illinesses, and past mistakes all seem to slip out of mind once they're over. I even forget to act my age more often than not.
- I love that my favorite people are all family members.
- I love that I look for something good in everyone; I love that I always find it.
- I love that I cry like a broken faucet and know how to appreciate a good depression now and then.
- I love that I'm still standing, and standing on the word of God.
- I love that I've enjoyed a lifelong passion for music, across genres from bluegrass to jazz, from gospel to classic soul to neo-soul, to the next minor sensation.
- I love that I my purpose is clear--to share the love of God through writing, teaching, and opening my heart.
(8. Last but not least, I love that I keep finding people of similar purpose in fellow bloggers.)
I'm tagging and passing along the "Faithful Servant: Sowing Seeds of Love Award" and the "Butterfly Award" to:
- Bradley Moore of Shrinking the Camel
- John Shore of Suddenly Christian
- Jennifer F. of Conversion Diary
- Trey Morgan of Trey Morgan.net
- Molly Aley of Adventures in Mercy
- Deb Burton of The Greatest Mission Trip You'll Ever Take
- Stephen Bess of Morphological Confetti, who just started a new blog called Baba Notes, devoted to expressing his love for our Father God
Thank you all, for every word you write, and for sharing your gifts.
Reader Comments (6)
Diane,
I'm sorry about your Crohn's disease. "I love that I'm still standing, and standing on the word of God."...I love that too. God bless!
BTW, I like the new look:)
Diane ... I enjoyed getting to know you better through this post. Your love for others and God really comes out through your blog. Keep up the excellent work. Thanks for the Tag! :)
Diane, thank you so much. This is very encouraging since I've just started Baba Notes. This encourages me to do more post...soon. God bless you and thank you for this wonderful honor. Peace~
Tag, I'm it? Oh, this is so cool! This will give me a chance to think of some things that I never spend time thinking about, but which i can give God the glory for. Thanks for thinking of me, and so glad God has wrought a miracle of healing in your life.
Thanks Diane! You are awesome and so encouraging. I loved reading about what you love about yourself. Makes me want to do the same! I share with you the love for music - me to, it's all over the map. Let's keep blogging and loving!
So glad to hear that you are doing better, and it´s wonderful to know you a bit more.
I love the new look on your blog, so refreshing.