Here’s a fun little blogging game I got from Angie at Carolina Rags. The purpose is take your assigned letter and list ten things that begin with that letter and a brief explanation as to why you picked that word. Angie gave me the letter G for grace since my blog is Graceful Journey.
1. God: Of course, God is number one. I am in awe that I have this sweet relationship with the creator of the Universe. My life is secure in Him and because of Him, I have purpose. He loves me so incredibly and compels a deep, deep love from me. My greatest desire is to please Him and He strengthens me to do so.
2. Grace: Ok, now this one is three fold and I would like to use it three times but I guess that would be cheating. First, God’s Amazing Grace that daily blesses my life. He has given so much more than I deserve, more than I need, more than I want. Grace is also my youngest daughters name, a name given to me by the Lord at the very beginning of a journey in growing in deeper understanding of His gift of grace. Third, one day I will have a tattoo of the word grace on my shoulder because I want to forever be marked by that word, inside and out.
3. Greenville: Greenville, South Carolina that is. It is my hometown and it so wonderful to live close enough now that I can visit. It has the best downtown that is the perfect blend of art, music, entertainment, hometown, restaurants, nature, old and new. It is close to the mountains and not to far from the beach. The weather there is wonderful. I think it is the perfect place to live and hope to move back there soon.
4. Garlic: Everything tastes better with garlic except maybe chocolate but I would probably be willing to give chocolate covered garlic a try. That’s how much I love it. My new obsession? Garlic stuffed olives. Oh! My! So, so, so good.
5. Gentle: What I am not. What I am striving to be. It’s a daily challenge for me to remember that even with my loud and wild personality, I can be gentle with people. Especially my children and my husband.
6. Giggle: Could there be anything better than giggles? Especially when you get the giggles at the most inappropriate times and you know you had better not look at your friend because the giggles will explode into full blown guffaws. Baby giggles are the best though.
7. Grow: I never want to stop growing … well, I would like for my body to stop growing in the outward direction. But I want to grow in faith, in mercy, in love, in learning. I don’t want to be content but to realize that I will never reach maturity but will always need to grow deeper in my understanding of God and life.
8. Glasses: I wear glasses. It seems that I have always worn glasses, since age six at least. I had some horrid looking glasses when I was a child, sort of the cat eye glasses. Ugh! My glasses now are green and that is another G word . . . green glasses. The ones before this were purple. I could never settle for plain glasses. I want something fun and wild.
9. Glue. I love to collage. It is relatively new hobby and I am learning as I go. Glue is essential though and I am learning that the right type of glue is essential. In fact, I have a little gift from a dear friend that I think I will spend at Barnes and Noble on a collage technique book so that I can learn more about glue.
10. Grateful: I want to develop of life of gratefulness. I don’t’ want to take anything for granted but want to savor the relevance of everything . . . the good, the bad and the ugly. God has promised that He will bring good out of every circumstance and it is because of that I can rejoice and be grateful in all things.
Ok, this has been fun. If you would like to play, let me know and I will assign you a letter too.
Immersed in the Mystery,
Cynthia
Related Tags: meme, Greenville SC
Prego said,
June 8, 2006 at 11:16 pm
Hey.
I’m with you on the garlic. I always ask my wife to put in twice what the recipe calls for.
Also, my dad lives in Greenville. We go there almost every other year. Maybe I’ll buy you a buffalo burger at the Blue Ridge or a beer at that Cantinflas place.
Thanks for the visit.
p
Tänia said,
June 9, 2006 at 7:01 am
I loved this! I played with the letter “S”! Isn’t this a fun one???
Angie said,
June 9, 2006 at 8:09 am
I love it! Great G meme! I especially like giggles and grateful! Baby giggles are the absolute greatest! (look another G) I like these kind of Memes because you really get to know everyone better!
Maggie said,
June 12, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Fun! Great entry. I looove garlic, too! We have a recipe for chocolate chip cookies in a garlic cookbook somewhere and I’ve also heard that garlic lemonade is really good for you. Interesting, huh?! Have a great day!
Maggie (from GCM)
Marye said,
June 13, 2006 at 5:44 am
Just catching up with you! Awesome …Awesome..Awesome..
So…what is MY letter going to be? Email me and I will give you the url to my blogs and webs..
JoAnn said,
June 15, 2006 at 6:01 pm
I was checking in at homeschooljournal and followed you here. Great look! Email me sometime and let me know how things are going at HSEC. I just don’t stop in there anymore although I do keep it in my prayers. I miss chatting with you! Glad you found a place you feel comfortable.
Jo from chat
Jacqui said,
June 19, 2006 at 6:51 am
Hi Cynthia – I’d love to play this game… would you send me a letter? BTW, I love your blog…. FWIW, I, too, have read and love Crystal Lutton’s book, _Biblical Parenting_
Jessica said,
June 20, 2006 at 9:57 am
Please see my comments under Individual!
Willow-esque said,
June 27, 2006 at 3:21 am
Hi:
I’d like to play! My blog is called “The Vermilion Border” and my username is Willow-esque. Would you assign me a letter?
Willow-esque said,
July 2, 2006 at 10:13 am
I have posted the P list!