150

So Dan Hames wrote this post in his blog. And thus I shall follow suit, like the sheep I am!

150 things for which I am thankful to God (in no particular order):

1. Life
2. Sunrise/Sunset
3. Rain
4. Flowers
5. Our sense of smell
6. Spicy food
7. Adrenaline rushes
8. Friends
9. Beautiful people
10. Church
11. Salvation
12. Jonti and Gemma
13. My family
14. Health
15. Clear skies
16. Human innovation
17. Mathematics
18. Music
19. Comedy
20. Communication (in all it’s many forms)
21. Diversity (of everything!)
22. Early morning walks in the park
23. The sound of laughter
24. The Bible
25. Silly hats (and other clothing)
26. The expanse of the universe
27. Science fiction
28. Instruments
29. Light
30. The smell of cooked breakfast when you wake up in the morning
31. Working a full day
32. Getting home and relaxing after working a full day
33. Dan Hames
34. My housemates
35. The CU in general
36. My Church home group
37. Toffee, Teaser and Sadie (my cats)
38. The sound of running water
39. Sports
40. Writing
41. Films
42. Television
43. Computer games
44. Board games
45. Singing
46. Coffee
47. Tea
48. Fast food (I don’t care how bad it is for me!)
49. Quiet old man pubs
50. Late night conversations with friends
51. Having a place to live
52. Having guests over
53. Traveling
54. Walking
55. The countryside
56. Water
57. Opposable thumbs!
58. Social events
59. My extended family (cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents)
60. All the places I haven’t been yet
61. Freedom (from sin)
62. Freedom (within my country)
63. My mind
64. Dave Irvine
65. Jennifer Rigby
66. Richard and Rosie
67. Prayer
68. Lemon Curd
69. My music collection (with a song for every occasion)
70. Ross Beavis (soon to be married)
71. Marriage
72. God’s many promises
73. People in general
74. Staying up all night for no reason
75. Sleeping for 14 hours because I stayed up all night
76. My bed
77. Having the time to do nothing at all
78. Silence
79. CS Lewis
80. John Stott
81. Preaching
82. The ability to share the gospel with others
83. The great commission (our purpose!)
84. Having a tidy room (occasionally)
85. Having a full diary
86. The telephone
87. Chilling out with friends
88. Playing games in the street
89. Receiving letters
90. Cooking
91. The smell of fresh bread in the morning
92. Smiles
93. People who share my taste in music
94. Gadgets
95. Rob Mold
96. Joe Gilford
97. The many plans me and Joe have for the house next year
98. Secret handshakes (maybe not so secret actually…)
99. Electricity
100. Really old buildings
101. Jonathan Creek (and other murder mystery programs)
102. Programming
103. My education
104. Poi (and other circus type things)
105. Glass
106. Posh restaurants
107. homestar runner
108. A day at Alton Towers
109. Moldova
110. Reading
111. Classical music
112. Camping
113. Flying kites
114. Trees
115. Making lists (hehe)
116. The Cross
117. Phonetics
118. Wales/Welsh
119. Having my own website
120. Being geeky
121. Accents (and whole dialects too)
122. Art
123. Communities
124. The depth of our scientific knowledge
125. The fact that we have so much more to discover
126. Creepy crawlies
127. Photographs
128. My cluttered desk
129. Sofas
130. Fixing things
131. My Mum’s cooking
132. Memories
133. Debating
134. Shopping
135. Birthdays (and other celebrations)
136. West Bridgford Baptist Church
137. Austin Foote
138. Tag team preaching
139. Mugs
140. IVP (who give students really cheap books!)
141. Cards
142. Charles Spurgeon
143. Terry Virgo
144. Wayne Grudem
145. Strong’s concordance (and other Bible reference books)
146. Summer barbeques
147. Wooden floorboards
148. The ability to conquer my fears
149. Olly Goldenberg
150. Having 149 other things to put on this list! (and having the free time to write it)