Counting On... (175-194)

Three Gifts From the Past--That Help Me Trust the Future:

#174  Once upon a time we lived in another house, and I thought we'd never sell it. But we did.

#175  God has provided...and will continue to provide. Sometimes in ways I wouldn't have guessed, sometimes at the last minute, but faithfully...always.

#176  The knowledge of who my husband and I once were...and how God has redeemed us and is ever sanctifying us. How far we've come! And He is graciously faithful to journey with us all the way, making us into His Son's image, "until He completes the work begun."

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#177  A Gift Dull: Regular day, nowhere to go, nothing exciting happening...how children fill the dullness with smiles and play and just being-togetherness.

#178  A Gift Shimmering

#179  A Gift Cleaned

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Three Gifts at 3 PM:

#180 House vacuumed.

#181 Gun fight with a grandfather.

#182 Floor mopped...because children were occupied. (See #181.)

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Three Gifts Green

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Three Gifts Wore:

#186  New clothes.

#187  Borrowed "life-saver." (double meaning)

#188  Everything about this.

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Three Gifts Hard to Give Thanks For:

#189  Two lives, precious and beautiful in the sight of God, unseen by us who miss them, living in heaven...and in my heart.

#190  When life necessitates change. (Change is never 100% easy.)

#191 Sickness.

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Three Gifts Found:

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