Pictures make it real……
With a heavy heart I ask for prayer and drive to the doctor’s office…
Time for my blood draw and infusion…..
Time to pick a brown chair with a pink pillow….
Time to prepare, time to get my arm warmed as friends from childhood look on…
Time for my Zometa, a medicine that strengthens my bones, in case cancer should try to find a new home…
Time to look for gifts amidst the storm….
As I count them one by one….
God’s healing grace washes over me, I am reminded that no matter what…..
There is no death in Christ….He already took our place…
Instead I am reminded that the future brings life…
Life in Him for all of eternity.
Even though the images burn the current reality onto my soul…
I move forward with hope in Christ….
Trusting Him with the outcome for the rest of my days.
I give God the praise for the gifts He has so graciously given me. We are counting 1000 gifts at A Holy Experience….won’t you join me.
236. Starting a new project with a friend.
237. Times of pruning.
238. Having nothing left to do but trust God.
239. Clouds sprinkled on a blue sky.
240. I am so thankful for rain. I love rain.
241. Realizing that no matter what, if you have accepted Christ, there is always life.
242. Healing medicine
243. The nurses at my doctor’s office.
244. Going on drives with my husband.
245. My husband’s sense of humor.
246. My husband’s willingness to fold laundry.
247. NFL draft week. Go Seahawks and Titans!
248. The Mariner’s actually winning some games.
249. Watching my daughter study for her SAT’s. You blink and time is gone.
250. Going to garage sales with my family.
251. Peaceful Sunday afternoons.
252. Learning about myself and being willing to change.
253. Hiding God’s word in my heart.
254. Seeing my children willingly read their Bibles.
255. A friendship lasting thirty years. You are loved Kristi!
256. The ability to write and express my feelings.
257. The ability to find gifts amongst the darkest of days.
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Beautiful list, my friend. I love #236. 🙂
I am praying for you today.
Praying for you today! I”ll be in the brown chair tomorrow friend, also praying cancer hasn’t found a new place to take up residence 🙂 I also bring my list with and count gratitude at chemo- oh how it soothes my soul to do so 🙂
#257 is a gift among gifts! 🙂
Praying it does not return indeed! What a lovely thing to be thankful still, even through the hard places and hard times.
“Even though the images burn the current reality onto my soul…I move forward with hope in Christ….” So grateful for that hope! #254–what joy!
Visiting from your SDG small group. new to your story, but looking forward to getting to know you better. Thanks for being grateful in the midst of hard times,that is a gift to this world!
“Even though the images burn the current reality onto my soul…
I move forward with hope in Christ….
Trusting Him with the outcome for the rest of my days.” You’re words are beautiful!
Thank you for expressing those feelings through your journey. What a journey you are on, my friend! Hard eucharisteo but I see the beauty in your yielding
Your strong faith is a gift to your readers. Love #238. He is everything. Beautiful list. Praying for you!
#257 just struck me hard today. Finding gifts on the darkest of days!!!! I think I have learned that my most treasured of gifts have been found when the darkness was the heaviest and I could my see in front of me! To hear His whispers of grace in those times is the greatest gift of all! And I love rain, too!!!