Week's end with thanks

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• That I’m still alive after Leg 1. (Hood to Coast)
• That it’s not 100 degrees.
• Picking apples with my boy.
• Sun streaming through the windows, falling on peaches ripening on the counter.
• “Squeezing and freezing” 40-lbs. of plums with my man. My idea of a romantic datenight. 🙂
• Seifers home.
• Believing.
• Trusting.
• Struggling.
• Heidi’s mastery over her thumb.
• Watching Jeff and the kids run through the field at dusk.
• Bulldozers parked in the field.
• Swim lessons every day. Wish we could keep doing them forever!
• Kids risking.
• Asking for the yellow house.
• Waiting on Him.
• *Surprise!* someone secretly putting a brand new huge Traeger grill in our carport with a sign: “For Renew Church” — whoa!!
• Being part of the blessing.
• An unexpected visit with a friend.
• SO incredibly blessed by everyone at RENEW so far. What an adventure and so grateful to be part of it.
• Being really tired but knowing it won’t last forever.
• Looking ahead to rest.
• Rolling burdens.
• Getting on my face. Again.
• Heidi’s growth.
• Dutch’s words after Renew: “Mommy, we’re the happiest family in the whole world!” Pretty sure that’s not true, but grateful that he felt that way in the moment.
• Persevering.
• Feeling down but learning to look up.
• Making everything His concern.
• Clinging to Him.
• Dinner from the garden.
• Rhubarb-strawberry crisp!
• His Word that’s always on target every day.
• HIM, the anchor.
• That He never changes.
• That His mercies are new every morning.
• That He never gives up on us, never loses His temper, never rolls His eyes.
• That despite all my failures, His love endures forever.
• That we (you!) are accepted because of Jesus.

Bless you, friends–I pray for a weekend full of His grace. Thanks for your prayers are finish Hood to Coast, and thanks for reading!