Life of Eucharisteo

After playing hooky from 31 Days, I'm popping back in on day 31 to say Happy November Eve. The month in which we celebrate gratitude is upon us and I love it! I can't wait so I'm gonna go ahead and say it... Happy Thanksgiving! This October I've counted thanks in pictures. In November, I'll count in words. Looking forward to a great month! Thank you all for being a part of the journey here at Life of Eucharisteo. Love you BIG! Tracey

Not sure where I’m going today, so here’s a little disclaimer. Hang on. Yesterday was a doozy. Seriously. A Monday for the record books. 　 　 Now I don’t ever want someone to read here and think, “Man, she’s such a complainer!” I write here to share my reality, and to find gratitude in spite of it. Sometimes we want to read eloquent words of wisdom. Sometimes we want to read plain ole’ fluff. Most of the time, I want to read real stuff. You know the nitty-gritty, mundane, scrubbing the toilets kinda stuff. So if you’ve made this far, your cookie is in the mail. ;) 　 　 Yesterday was certifiable. It didn’t start out that way. It was like someone flipped a switch and it went from zero to full blown stress-fest in about two seconds. It went down like this… I woke up before the alarm. NEVER happens. I got up and made homemade sticky buns. Should have known something was gonna go wrong when they came out perfect. Agai...

Nature. Wildlife. Beautiful Fall days. There's joy waiting to be found! Thankful!! Hope your weekend has been peace- filled and soul-refreshing. Tracey

Need help finding some gratitude this morning. This is how my day started. Two inches deep in the mud. Grrrrrr! :/ Just tryin' to keep it real for y'all.

        Thankful for the fifteen years that I've been blessed with to wear this ring.   Help me pray for the sanctity of marriage to  be restored in this world. My heart is burdened with family and friends that have lost sight of this. Marriage is hard. Don't give up.         Tracey <><

"He answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;" Matthew 13:37 Thankful today, for good earth and seed, Tracey

Days 13 & 14    Signs of Fall are everywhere and I love it! Praying you've all had a chance to enjoy some of the sights and sounds of Fall this weekend. Tracey <>< All photos in the series are courtesy of ME. (Tracey Padgett @ Life of Eucharisteo)

Thankful for sweet friends, and 11th Birthday's!

Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you."

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths." Fallen trees = Balance beams and jungle gyms. Thankful for country living. Reliving my childhood today, Walking on our nature bridge, Tracey

The "Burning of the Boxes" Ceremony Symbolizing the fact that the house is done and we shall never move again! I almost broke out it native dance. It was a seriously happy moment for me. Just curious. Got any ceremony-worthy moments in your life that you'd like to share with the class?

I so enjoy seeing thanks through the lens of a camera. Just another thing to be grateful for. Praying you find thanks everywhere you look today, and praying that someone will let you know how thankful they are for you. Let me be the first. I'm thankful that you stopped by today. Thankful that you shared part of your day with me. Thankful for the quiet prayers that you never boast about. Thankful for my sisters in Christ. You are treasured today.    "And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house,                                    and upon thy gates"                                   Deuteronom...

So I've decided to do my own version of " 31 Days ". And because it's my own version it's okay that it's six days into October and I'm just getting started. The plan is to do a photo a day for the remaining days of October. I think I'll call them Photos of Gratitude. Sounds good, huh? Probably better for a November post, but like I said I'm doing it MY way. ;) So let me catch you up on the last six days. Scratch that. Let me catch you up on the last month or so. I'll nutshell it. We've finished our house enough to move in. When I say move in, I mean throw all of our stuff into the room in which it goes, put up some beds and sleep there. We're waiting on bathroom countertops and a kitchen. We should be fully functional by the end of the month. Praise Jesus! Having said that....I shall now confess to a few things. I have fallen into the black hole of materialism in the past few weeks. All I have done is fret about fu...