My heart is filled with thankfulness to Him who bore my pain,
who plumbed the depths of my disgrace and gave me life again,
who crushed my curse of sinfulness and clothed me with His light,
and wrote His law of righteousness with power upon my heart.
My heart is filled with thankfulness to Him who walks beside,
who floods my weaknesses with strength and causes fears to fly,
whose every promise is enough for every step I take,
sustaining me with arms of love, and crowning me with grace.
My heart is filled with thankfulness to Him who reigns above,
whose wisdom is my perfect peace, whose every thought is love.
For every day I have on earth is given by the King,
so I will give my life my all to love and follow Him.
212. Safety in travel for my family as they traveled to and from our home for Christmas.
213. Times of laughter and making memories with family.
214. Generous friends and family who showered Nathan with an abundance of fun toys for Christmas and his birthday.
215. Unexpected gifts of money from our church family.
216. The Lord's grace in always providing the money we need, even if it comes in unexpected ways.
217. An afternoon of shopping and catching up with almost all my siblings-something that does not happen very often anymore.
218. A new tradition started on Christmas Eve-Nathan opening his first Christmas Eve box-a book, movie, and new pajamas:)
219. Celebrating the birth of our Savior on Christmas morning by adding baby Jesus to our advent calendar and reading Luke 2 as a family.
220. A delicious, Christmas morning breakfast-ham and hash brown casserole, Christmas morning coffee cake (birthday cake for Jesus), fruit salad, juice, and coffee.
223. Fun family outings to see Christmas lights.
224. Family members who graciously helped prepare food, decorations, cupcakes, and cake for Nathan's birthday celebration.
225. A fun day celebrating the gift of Nathan with family and friends-We only wish our other family members could have been here too.
226. Watching Nathan smile and clap after he opened each gift at his birthday party.
228. A mother who helps plan and prepare meals for all of us to enjoy.
229. A marathon night of watching the last few episodes of Downton Abbey with my family as we prepare for season 3 to start this coming Sunday evening.
230. A lovely, candlelight Christmas Eve service.
231. New goals, visions, and beginnings as the new year starts.
232. Time to reflect on the blessings the Lord has given us this past year.
233. A lovely snowfall to wake up to the day after Christmas.
234. Time to read and spend time in God's Word.
235. Reminders to remain persistent and steadfast in the faith, to pray and not lose heart this coming year from Michael's sermon from Luke 18.
236. Hearing Nathan "count" after he hears me counting the buttons on his clothes. He repeated 2 and 3 after he heard me say them:)
237. Watching Nathan play with and enjoy all his new toys, especially learning how to push his motorcycle around the house:)
238. A brief visit from family we haven't seen in a long time.
239. Skype dates with far away grandparents and family that we were not able to see this Christmas. Thankful for modern technology.
240. Continual reminders of the Lord's grace in my life.
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