One Thousand Gifts.....

"I was crushed...

so much so that I despaired even of life,

but that was to make me rely not on myself,

but on the God who raises the dead"

2 Cor. 1:8, 9

#17 the ability to laugh at myself

#18 caring doctors

#19 honest babysitters

#20 bad reports

#21 chastening

#21 repentant hearts

#22 the promise and hope for a new day

#23 business trip for the hubbers

#24 encouraging conversations

#26 girls night out

#27 the generosity of the Lord

#28 quiet evenings

#29 stillness

#30 allotted strength

#31 resting

#32 the rise and fall of my son's chest

#33 candles

#35 eucalyptus oil

#36 master bathrooms

#37 humidifiers

#38 the ability to stay home

#39 being challenged

#40 choir

#41 progress

#42 a warm home

#43 multiplied trials

#44 HIS multiplied peace

#45 protection of loved ones

"Pressed out of measure and pressed to all length;

Pressed so intensely it seems, beyond strength;

Pressed in the body and pressed in the soul,

Pressed in the mind till the dark surges roll.

Pressure by foes, and a pressure from friends.

Pressure on pressure, till life nearly ends.

"Pressed into knowing no helper but God;

Pressed into loving the staff and the rod.

Pressed into liberty where nothing clings;

Pressed into faith for impossible things.

Pressed into living a life in the Lord,

Pressed into living a Christ-life out poured."