Wednesday, October 28

Thank you for your faithfulness in the little things, and in the big. 

Tuesday, October 28

Your love, oh Lord

Reaches to the heavens

Your faithfulness stretches to the sky

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains

Your justice flows like the ocean's tide

I will lift my voice

To worship You, my King

I will find my strength

In the shadow of your wings

Monday, October 27

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. (Proverbs 12:25-26 NIV)

Thank you, Lord, for such good friends! 

Monday, October 26

Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

Sunday, October 25

The laundry is put away my closet is put back together, my room is clean and dust-free (or close to it!), and there is a baby bassinet in the corner! Thank you for this time with my husband tonight to get ready for our newest family member to arrive! You are faithful in the smallest details of life. Help me to put my trust only in you as I begin this super hectic week!

Saturday, October 25

Saturday, October 25

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 NIV)

Today it is time to craft and make pretties and watch the autumn skies as the leaves finally change and the rain finally comes. Lord, thank you for making this valley so beautiful! Please do the same to my heart. 

Friday, October 24

27 weeks, HR150, my weight and blood pressure are good. Thank you, Lord, for your faithfulness in keeping us both healthy!

Thursday, October 23

You are so faithful. Thank you for refocusing my mind and heart today, for sweet friends, and for time to talk. Help me be filled with your love and peace so I can overflow that to my husband who is so overloaded at work right now. I love you!

Wednesday, October 22

In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause. Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good. Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. Who, then, are those who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land. The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare. Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me! Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles! (Psalm 25:1-22 NIV)

Tonight I need a reminder to trust ONLY in you. 

No one else will anticipate my every need or be there for me every time. Only you are faithful. 

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. 

In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.

Tuesday, October 21

Lord, you are faithful in so many ways! Thank you for helping me focus on my next task today and not getting dragged down by my to-do list. Thank you for helping me have a positive attitude focused on prayer today, and for the sweet time of chatting with my baby boy. Thank you for your faithfulness to Jessica, working with my girls and such a big class! They have come so far and I am so proud of them! I know she will be an amazing first grade teacher for them, and they will have a great year. Thank you also for Mariela's positive reception at my Google training today. I was so surprised to see her positive and engaged, and I'm looking forward to working with her more. Thank you for your faithfulness in the little things in life! I love you!

Tuesday, October 21

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. (Psalm 139:13-18 ESV)

Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. (Psalm 36:5-9 NIV)

Monday, October 20

Lord, thank you for your faithfulness! Thank you for providing me with the words to say to encourage a friend today, and for helping me to get so many of my to-do's done without focusing on my list and letting that drag me down. Thank you for showing your faithfulness in your creation with our baby grass that popped up this morning! I love you. 

Monday, October 20

You are good, You are good
When there's nothing good in me
You are love, You are love 
On display for all to see
You are light, You are light 
When the darkness closes in
You are hope, You are hope
You have covered all my sin

You are peace, You are peace
When my fear is crippling
You are true, You are true
Even in my wandering
You are joy, You are joy 
You're the reason that I sing
You are life, You are life, 
In You death has lost its sting

Oh, I’m running to Your arms, 
I’m running to Your arms
The riches of Your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world forever reign

You are more, You are more
Than my words will ever say
You are Lord, You are Lord
All creation will proclaim
You are here, You are here
In Your presence I'm made whole
You are God, You are God
Of all else I'm letting go

Oh, I’m running to Your arms
I’m running to Your arms
The riches of Your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world forever reign

My heart will sing 
no other Name
Jesus, Jesus

Oh, I’m running to Your arms
I’m running to Your arms
The riches of Your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world forever reign
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