{"id":18,"date":"2006-06-26T23:48:55","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T23:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spiderscripts.co.uk\/?p=18"},"modified":"2022-02-12T10:22:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T10:22:30","slug":"150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peteandemma.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"150"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Dan Hames<\/a> wrote this post<\/a> in his blog. And thus I shall follow suit, like the sheep I am!<\/p>\n

150 things for which I am thankful to God (in no particular order):<\/p>\n

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

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