THANKFUL for YOU Decorated Cookie Collection

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With each new set of cookies that I created this summer, I wondered which one would be my last set of cookies. I created this one in particular in anticipation of my final set and unknowingly, it was indeed the last time I decorated cookies. 😢

As I wrap up my cookie decorating endeavor, I wanted to say a huge “thank you” to you. It has been an awesome ride and I’ve enjoyed the journey. The twists and turns of life are often unexpected and sometimes undesirable, but we learn to release the things that we’ve held dear to embrace the next chapter.

This set of “THANKFUL” cookies is for YOU. Yes, YOU. I wanted to be sure that you know how grateful I am for you in my life. I would not be where I am today if not for your love, prayers, encouragement, and support. I count it JOY to have been connected to you and lived life with you…..even if it is “only” through cookie decorating.

I don’t know what the future holds, but I know that it is important to be thankful for what I DO have. Right now, I have today and the opportunity to make it count. And I have a lifetime of memories of so many that I’ve gotten to connect with in a multitude of ways and on a number of different levels. It’s all so important for TODAY.

Taking time to count our blessings gives us the opportunity to see all the good in our lives. Sometimes it seems we have to dig for it…..but IT IS THERE! And finding that avalanche of goodness helps minimize those things that try to steal our joy, peace, and contentment.

For now, I just wanted to say that I love you and
am eternally grateful to God for putting us together.
YOU are such a blessing to me.
Thank you!

💜🙏🏻😘

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How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? 1 Thessalonians 3:9
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. Ephesians 1:16
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 1 Timothy 1:12

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Autumn GOODNESS Decorated Cookie Collection

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I’m dwelling on GOODNESS today…..and decided that autumn is filled with lots of it. :) It’s so vital that we choose to look for all the good in our lives, rather than dwell on the not-so-good.

Autumn brings such delightfulness and fulfills all the senses. I love the season and am truly looking forward to it with this super hot summer that we’ve had. I don’t want to wish my days away…..but the heat sure has me longing for cooler temps and all the GOODNESS of fall!

🍁🍂🌻🌾🧡

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The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Psalm 85:12

They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. Psalm 145:7

I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me. Psalm 13:6

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6

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Blessed Is The One Decorated Cookie Collection (Tessellation)

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Another week of “cookie therapy”. This tessellation set was originally made to create a fall autumn theme…..but with my latest health set back… I needed another week of bringing the truth before my eyes (literally!).

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BLESSED

[ bles-id]

divinely or supremely favored; fortunate.

blissfully happy or contented.

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Blessed is the one….
whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.
Psalm 1:1-3

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Dwell on These Things Decorated Cookie Collection

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This week I got the news that I now have bone metastasis……so I’m now considered to have Stage IV Triple Negative Breast Cancer. It was heartbreaking news. 💔

I had already cut out a grouping of honeycomb shaped cookies to use as a tessellation a few weeks ago, with the intent of making a set related to Phillipians 4:8-9. And this week was the PERFECT week for me to create them…..dwelling on everything that is true, noble, right, pure, lovely admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy.

These were truly made from my whole heart. Rather than dwell on the bad news……it is good to dwell on what is GOOD. I guess the creation of this cookie collection
definitely counts as cookie therapy. :)

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DWELL - [ dwel ]

verb

to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing.
to reside; to live or continue in a given condition or state.

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Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9

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PRAYER Decorated Cookie Collection (Rustic Floral Garden)

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Prayer….It’s so essential in our lives. It’s our connection to God.

We are currently within the isolation period of the Covid-19 pandemic.
I’ve noticed that when crisis hits, we all pray more.
It’s a time when we realize how little control we really have over our own lives.

My prayer is that we draw closer to God and one another and learn lots of wonderful things during this time of trial. God has certainly taught me how He gets my attention during difficult times and teaches me so much…..if I’m willing.

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prayer [ prair ]
noun
a devout petition to God.
a spiritual communion with God as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession.

🙏🏻💗🙏🏻💗🙏🏻

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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. Ps 17:6
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12

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