She likes me! She really likes me!

Imagine my surprise this morning when I found out that I had won an award from Carla! The last time I won an award was in my bowling league when I was a teenager!! And this is not just some cheesy award like for having the cutest daisy background on my blog or something equally mundane, but an award of great proportions; of immense magnitude; of gargantuan... bigness! Someone actually thinks when they come here. (Or maybe she just laughs. Either way, this is really, really cool!)

Ok, so my job is to name five bloggers who make me think. Part of the trick is to name those who haven't been tagged already, which is really difficult because the very person who named me is definitely one of the ones I would name! But then she'd have to play again, so maybe I'll say (in no particular order)...

Lisa @ Deo Volente: This is one special lady with a godly perspective and a sweet spirit who posts on a range of interesting topics.

David @ The Thirsty Theologian: He could post a little more often, and he seems to have some problem with my cat, but I really appreciate his perspectives and terrific sense of humor! :)

Diane @ Aim to Please Him: Relatively new on the bloggy scene, she's jumped in with both feet and is currently sharing her study in The Attributes of God by A. W. Pink. Definite thinking material.

Annette @ Fish and Cans: Annette regularly posts her Bible study, and I'm often blessed by her ponderings.

Denny @ Haven of Grace: Handsome, suave, debonair... ok, maybe just handsome. And he makes me think, too!

This list is by no means exhaustive, but many of the other bloggers who make me think have already been tagged -- some twice! Oh no, maybe someone I've tagged here has already been tagged... How do these things get so out of control?

Just by way of a special acknowledgment, there are also two regular commenters here at joythruChrist who so often have made me think. Hope and Baxter don't have blogs (yet?) but are dear friends who have shared with me in numerous ways and on numerous issues, and so I just thought they should be mentioned in this post as well!