Thankful Thursday: Parts of speech

I’ve always been something of a grammar nerd (not that you can tell by the lazy way I write now.)

Punctuation, capitalization, diagramming sentences.

Parts of speech.

Some of my favorite things.

This week I’m thankful for…

…nouns

I’m thankful for Ruth, for Beth, and for Anna; for Kathy and Jon; for Mom and Dad, Joshua, Daniel and Debbie, John, Timothy, and Grace. I’m thankful for the people I love.

I’m thankful for the House of Dreams, for a yard with a firepit, for Columbus, for a backyard with a pool, for Highway 30. I’m thankful for the places in which I live my life.

I’m thankful for my still new camera, for a sewing machine, and a car that works. I’m thankful for a 1920’s slip pattern and fabric to make it into a nightie. I’m thankful for a chair in which to sit and a computer at which to type. I’m thankful for the things that enrich my life.

I’m thankful for freedom, liberty to live as I please. I’m thankful for hope, anticipation of what is to come. I’m thankful for peace, rest in the midst of life’s trials. I’m thankful for grace, riches far beyond me. I’m thankful for the ideas that change my life.

…verbs

I’m thankful for sewing, for cooking, for cleaning. I’m thankful for calculating, for typing, for meeting. I’m thankful for driving, for singing, for praying. I’m thankful for the actions I am blessed to perform.

I’m thankful that God is faithful. I’m thankful that I am His. I’m thankful that my sins were wiped away. I’m thankful that my life is still being transformed. States of being. What is what. I’m grateful things are as they are.

…conjunctions

I’m thankful most of all for the conjunctions of life–

Thankful that for every “I am”, there’s a “but God is”. Thankful that for every “I do”, there’s a much great “and God does”. Thankful that for every “Rebekah does” there’s a “yet God still”.

I’m thankful that the story doesn’t end with a single me-centered clause. There’s always a conjunction, always a reminder that whatever I do, God is at work.