I thank the Lord for 2023, for His continued love and mercy and for His faithfulness.
I pray for you, my readers and friends – that the Lord may assist you in praying and in rejoicing as you witness the power of God in your lives.
For prayers answered in January 2023, I thank my Lord God:
For the invitation and party down in London and for the rest, walk and company.
For the courage and protection driving in unknown places at 2:30am.
For all we accomplished on the house.
For J’s safe flight back to Vienna.
For S’s safe drive back to Switzerland.
For a glorious Epiphany rest day with swim, sauna and friendship.
For a precious, healing confidence from J.
For precious afternoon with C and for meal treat together.
That S’s lost phone and wallet were both handed in and retrieved.
For preparing me well for the next EH weekend.
For a powerful first weekend of 202, for a lovely new group
For healing another bitter root in me.
For inspiring me to minister with another.
For S’s great progress and perseverance this month.
That the grandchildren are growing fabulously in literacy and in wisdom and grace.
That the long-awaited windows are installed and for inspiring me to paint the stonework.
For 3 car-loads of boxes now moved to their new home.
For an encouraging farewell to out-going leaders and a powerful commissioning of new pastors in the merging church community.
For motivation to keep doing the next right thing, even when I don’t feel like it at all.
For inspiration to travel before passport expires.
For inspiration and guidance in the booking of flights.
For peace of knowing that in all things, I can trust You!
Amusing views and memories on an early January walk along a canal in London…
There’s a funny story attached to the memory evoked by the ‘legs’ flailing out of the vegetation. Maybe my sister would tell a better version of the story, as in the memory, they were my legs she was laughing hysterically at!
This verse blessed me this morning, so I bless you with this prayer too:
May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being – spirit, soul and body – free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you will do it, because He is FAITHFUL.
Thanksgiving for answered prayer in Dec 22 and for the whole year!
A beloved friend sent this quote in her Christmas greetings to me:
Nicht die Glücklichen sind dankbar. Es sind die Dankbaren die glücklich sind.
Sir Francis Bacon
It is not the happy/blessed who are grateful. It is the grateful who are blessed/happy.
Sir Francis Bacon
This is so very true. May we live our lives in gratitude every day, because His mercies are new every morning, and He loves us with an everlasting love!
Our God desires that we share our lives, our love, our hearts, minds and bodies with Him and that we go to Him in trust with ALL our concerns and desires.
When we do this, He rewards us with great joy.
But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:6
And I shall praise Him openly again today, and give all the glory to Him, who hears our prayers.
Though I am already singing praise and thanks for a blissful day and for prayers answered this week, now it is time for me to also look back on God’s faithful answers to prayer over December.
For December 2022, I thank my Father God for:
The privilege of giving financial Christmas gifts to the charities most on my heart.
For orchestrating my appointment to sort out the few medical issues I needed to understand, and for healing me Yourself, with no disruptions.
That J. was strong enough to make the best of circumstances and to head for new pastures where he was well received and blessed. For the lovely family who welcomed him.
For the blessing of one day-a-week working in a pre-school this half-term – for the lovely team and children.
For the birth of a new healthy grandson.
For the birth of M. & P.’s new baby and the family reconciled.
That the staff meal at Punch-Bowl was a success.
That 4 friends accepted the invite to come to our carol service.
That I was blessed to meet the B. family and S. at the reunion.
That on separate occasions, H. and J. both agreed to engage in prayer ministry with me for the work of healing you were doing in me.
For the miraculous transformation in sowing and reaping immediately visible afterwards!
That S. made good progress to get the room empty and order the insulation boards, which all arrived in good time.
For a great Christmas send-off at Chatterbox.
For the privilege of helping M. and the ability to get it all done in good time.
For the inspiration and strength to persevere, decorate, give, and to go the extra mile.
For Your gift of great JOY!
For a glorious family Christmas – of gatherings of family and friends, sleepovers and fun with the grandchildren and loved ones.
That You provided for me to give appropriate gifts and to provide good food and supplies for all the guests.
For new volunteers at the shop.
That I was able to attend M. and M.’s funerals.
Lord, throughout 2022, every month You amaze me with Your faithful provision and Your faithful answers to prayers.
When I look back over 2022, I see only blessings and favour.
Truly, goodness and mercy will follow Your children all the days of our lives.
No matter what circumstances the world may confront us with, Your children rest in perfect peace!
To all my beloved readers – to you – I pray the blessing of Almighty God over you and your loved ones, over your hopes and your dreams for 2023.
Know that He is Emmanuel for you this year and He is the lover of your soul.
I’m sorry for being late in giving my hearty thanks for all of the blessings and answered prayer acknowledged in November.
It is my honour to give glory to God by telling of His goodness and faithfulness, both in the large and small details and concerns of our every-day life.
For November I give thanks in particular for:
For a great party with family and friends and lots of interactions and fun.
For reminding me to live in the moment and embrace fully the life that I have.
For helping me to minister your love to C.
For a special day remembering my baptism of 38 blessed years ago.
For healing and turning around my relationships with L. and E. over these weeks.
For all those mobilised women at ‘The Orchard’ and for showing me Your heart for the injustice of systematic spiritual attack against ‘woman’.
For a powerful and honouring send-off and thanksgiving for Your daughter, T.
For giving E. a new home and for a swift move and transition.
For P. and D. coming as guests during the month and for fun, days out and quality time together.
For an easy, painless trip to the dentist!
That the Christmas staff booking and order is all complete and sorted.
For orchestrating many necessary agent visits and getting the boiler fixed – and that meanwhile, S. had spare heaters to lend me.
For another blessed Ablaze lesson.
That there have been applicants at last for the vacancy in the pre-school.
That C. has recovered well and is home again.
That I managed to re-watch and make notes on all 27 course videos through the 2 months.
That S. has made good progress in the room and cleared it out.
For beginning to teach me to recognise your voice.
For the lovely Christian nurse I saw at the surgery and Your presence for us to encourage each other.
For the privilege of doing some prayer ministry with C. and Your blessing in that.
For the encouragement of Holy Spirit in our second joint service.
That S. and J. were both in church!
For the blessings of reconciliation and tangible growth in S. and their team.
That A.B. is well enough to return back to phased-back-to-work.
That A’s count is back up high enough for chemo to no longer be necessary.
For a whole, peaceful day to myself.
That 8 guests persevered right to the end of the Alpha Course and that You worked in every heart and life there.
When we look with gratitude, we see the creation in all it’s glory. I often take photos of the sky, but that wasn’t my photo – I don’t know who took it, but it is stunning!
How many blessings can you count this week, or even today?
Do you write down specific prayers and remember to look back and give thanks for the ones that your faithful God has answered?
Today I received a ‘Thank You’ card – a special blessing from a friend – a thank you for just being me!
So it has inspired me to publish my September Thank You’s to my God, my Creator, King and faithful friend.
I hope that sharing them with you will inspire your gratitude and hope in your heart.
A ‘thank you card to bless me
‘The sun comes up, it’s a new day dawning;
It’s time to sing Your song again.
Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me;
Let me be singing when the evening comes.
Bless the Lord, Oh my Soul…’
These are lyrics to a song I’ve claimed as my own, in response to God singing my song over me.
This has been a real break-through for me and I am so grateful.
For many months I have been asking God who I am and what is my ‘song’ – and at the end of September, through a good friend, He answered my prayer and sang into me my ‘song’ – showing me who I am.
I was also given a picture, a piece of instrumental music – ‘Lark Ascending’ – by Vaughn Williams – and a picture by Millais, that speaks something of the heart of ‘little me’.
‘Autumn Leaves’ by Sir John Everett Millais.
I begin with this because it has been such a personally intimate gift to me and has blessed me.
I am so grateful and humbled by so many other answers to prayer during September. Some of these have been long awaited answers and my heart rejoices in my faithful God.
Thank You Father God –
That I-M has rung the chemo bell and is recovering,
For healing DA and bringing him out of hospital
For speaking to DB in a dream and him being finally properly assessed in hospital,
For increasing M’s hours at work to qualify him for benefits and for the new vehicle,
For a time of rest, joy and bonding for S and J,
For breaking the stronghold of lies arising from incidents in young S’s life,
For putting the axe to many bitter roots of judgment, lies and vows in my own life and for the freedom You bring us!
For again providing me an Ablaze lesson,
For healing M and bringing him home,
For teaching me how to wear Your armour in Ephesians 6 and to tailor it to fit me,
For finding K a new home and for aligning and fusing the bones in her neck,
For a beautiful celebration of R’s life and blessed re-connections,
For S’s safe journey to R,
For a blessed 24 hours with D,
For new volunteers for the shop,
For working amongst the Alpha guests and bringing them back,
I also want to thank my Lord for the good fruit of restoring relationships in my life.
Whatever issues, concerns, desires, hopes, questions, or requests that you have, take it to the Lord in prayer. Take them and leave them there. Don’t pick them back up and fret!
He promises to hear your prayers and to guard your heart and mind.
Trust Him, He is faithful.
Though a mother may forget the babe at her breast, the Lord will never forget you.
I can hardly believe that I still haven’t publicly given thanks for all of the answered prayers and blessings for August. And August already seems so long away!
I am surrounded by September’s special flavour, fragrance and occupations…
Also, of course, last week there came such a shift in the carpet of Britain. Our long-serving, gracious and dignified Queen went home to the glorious rest she deserves and our new King has taken on the responsibility of the throne of Britain.
Within less than two weeks we have a new Prime Minister and a new Monarch.
I pray for them all.
And I thank God that He is ever on the throne – glorious in power forever.
Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth
does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable.
Isaiah 40:28
And He hears our prayers and works all things for good for those who love Him.
I want to thank God for these answered prayers during August:
That at the end of last month you answered R’s prayers and took the faithful lady home.
For the work You have done in me to forgive, repent, release and resurrect relationships in my life and for the healing this is bringing.
For time to catch up and prepare for the course.
For keeping S’s luggage safe and giving good homes for her to stay in.
For the service I was privileged to do and renewed connections.
For S’s smooth and blessed journeys there and back.
For over 400 lunches served in our small community over the 3 August weeks – for meeting the needs and showing Your tremendous love.
For bringing S back to the group.
For C’s MRI results being good.
For use of the car an extra day to accomplish many extra tasks
For good new tyres on my bike.
For inspiration to invite J to Alpha and his acceptance.
For another glorious family picnic in the park.
For R’s increased fitness and signs of growth.
For both T. and A’s hospital test results showing complete absence of cancer.
For immediately answering my prayer for help with trains- in such a blessed way.
That M is getting stronger and responding well to treatment.
That R had a successful operation and is recovering well.
For perfectly smooth journeys and connections for my trip to Ayr and back and for the special opportunity for quality time with my sister and her wonderful family.
For a safe, quality camping trip for the boys.
For a second blessed week with S.
For teaching me how to balance my desire to be hospitable, sociable and available, with my need for alone-time.
For the opportunity to bless K.
For the engagement and blessings on Z and H.
For working in J to answer his prayer.
For so many transforming, healing revelations of acceptance and abundant provision in the spiritual realm.
Grateful for abundant provision of delicious harvest in the natural world too.
Lord, like a child, I notice only those gifts in ribbons – especially the ones I have asked for – but I want to thank you for all the ways that you answered my prayers and the desires of my heart that I hardly even noticed. Daily I pray protection, safety and blessing on all my beloveds and I thank you for all the ways that You do that, for all the miraculous interventions along the way of which I am blissfully unaware.
Once You showed me and my children that, on the bus to the party in the park – You showed me the bus that we had missed 10 minutes earlier (and I had been cross about), but which was now emptied and the place where we always sat (and were sitting in that spot on the next bus) it was all mangled and bashed in by a tree. I remember that lesson with such gratitude for Your great love and plans for Your children.
Every Friday, I join an online Christian writing community, Five Minute Friday. We are given a one-word prompt and write – unscripted, unedited, pure free-write – for 5 minutes. The prompt this week is: Forget
There were so many things jostling for position in my thoughts when considering the word ‘forget’:-
all my experiences and understanding of dementia; the call to ‘forget not’ the wonders and commands of the Lord; and my own clumsy stories of forgetfulness; but the subject that won my attention, to consider for these five minutes, is ‘forget’-fulness as the reason for my monthly gratitude blog.
About 18 months ago, in the space of about 48 hours, I witnessed three wonderful, miraculous and diverse answers to prayer. Of course this was tremendously encouraging to my own faith and prayer life – I saw what an enormous privilege and honour it was, to pray and see the power of prayer changing lives.
But what struck me most was that I so often pray about things and then completely forget about them. When the emergency has passed and all is well, I forget about the sweat, anxiousness and concern of those moments and I slip so easily into taking for granted the healings, the protection and the countless blessings that have taken place. Sometimes I didn’t remember to even ask the person how the situation had progressed, for which I had been praying.
The emergencies capture my attention and I pray, but then I forget.
So I began not only writing down my prayers, which helps me to focus intentionally in prayer, but also every couple of days to reflect on what I was praying for and check in to see if those prayers were already answered, or need revising.
Those answered prayers are then recorded in a little thanksgiving book.
The practice of reflecting allows me to see the miracles, blessings and answers to prayer all the time and to constantly encourage me to pray more.
More importantly for me, it reminds me to stop and say ‘Thank You’. I always have this image of the ten lepers who begged Jesus for healing and were cleansed as they went on their way… but the one who came back to thank Jesus, he was made whole!
I want to always remember to acknowledge, notice, recall, remember and praise and thank my God for all the prayers He has answered every day and to never forget all of His benefits.
I like to do this publicly each month, to praise God publicly and to encourage you to not give up praying, and to keep looking for those answers to prayer in your every-day life.
My five minutes are over now, but I will take this opportunity to now include my heartfelt gratitude for all the prayers answered during the month of July – those specific prayer intentions, as well as all of those general heartfelt longings for loved ones and the groans of the Spirit, that I know He hears.
(I had not forgotten to do my monthly thanksgiving, but I have been extra-specially busy these past Summer weeks. It is too easy to let it slip and allow busy-ness to become an excuse to forget again.)
So specifically I thank and praise God for:
For help, ideas and blessings during the two Sunday School lessons
For the kindness, prayers and support of friends and church family during some difficult weeks
For the prayers for me for freedom
For your many promises to me, especially psalm 103
For the safe travel connections for my sons and for the opportunity for them to holiday together
For another powerful EH weekend training and for all the work You did in and through us
For a blessed visit and couple of days with J and V
For the dedication of the refurbished building, and for the dedication of K, and the blessed fellowship connections and gatherings for each
For showing me images and memories, and guiding me in my own healing journey with You
For a blessed trip to Cheltenham and laying to rest of R’s ashes and for the smooth arrangements and renewed relationships and contacts.
For precious times with grandchildren
For breaking strongholds and revealing truth
For J and J and their willingness to help professionally
For your Peace in the storms and for financial help
For a lovely party for J and S and all the precious guests
For a precious family day out together
For a blessed time of fellowship and connection with S
For faith, peace, hope in you
Glory to God in the Highest Heaven and Glory to God deep in my heart.
Don’t forget to say thank you.
Please be the one leper who comes back daily to say thank you.
I already feel my spirit rise joyfully as I begin to look back on the prayers answered and blessings received during June.
June has ushered in a series of events that have challenged me greatly.
I thought of the word ‘challenge’ and smiled to see the word ‘change’, with just 3 extra letters in the middle.
The letters l-l-e.
Little Life Events.
(I resist change, though I know it is a gradual constant in all of life and is necessary – and to be welcomed and embraced – for growth.)
But from time to time there are these ‘little life events’ that interrupt our equilibrium and cause us cha-lle-nges.
I have been experiencing a few of these throughout June and they will continue to take some outworking over the Summer at least.
Truly a grateful heart counting blessings is medicine to an anxious mind.
So I think of all that Father God has done in my life already and how much he has blessed me with answered prayer and extra blessings throughout June.
I publicly want to give Him thanks and glory for:
A great ACW weekend of inspiration, support and fellowship.
Full recovery from my accident and picnic on the park to celebrate with the grand-kids.
For the ‘Bow Down’ event in the Nottingham Market Square and glory to You in this city.
For bringing S safely back to Switzerland and for organising the next season of her journey.
For the Queen and her 70 years service to this country and to You.
For Holy Spirit to guide, protect, empower, remind, renew, comfort, convict, refresh, warn, enliven, embolden, encourage… (fill in the rest yourself)
For a new phone on the day it was needed.
For friendships, re-connections, spontaneous fellowship and seeds sown.
For C’s new official role at church and for her energy, vision and heart.
For Your gift of kindness in others and in me, and the power of it.
For a superb, transformational second weekend at the EH course; for breaking the old lies over me, and for enabling me to minister to others.
For blessing me with S and for giving me patience with him.
For sustaining me through the weeks of trial and teaching me to trust only You and not to lean on my own understanding.
For teaching me, loving me, forgiving and healing me, patiently, one day at a time.
For teaching C the importance of budgeting.
For support and advice from generous Christian professionals and for A’s kindness, active listening, practical and holistic wisdom.
For a card from a friend which says that ‘mightier than the waves is His love.’ Amen.
Whenever I have felt overwhelmed and tempted to panic, I have remembered Peter’s words: Lord, to whom shall we go, You have the words of eternal life.’
I have searched my heart and counseled myself, saying, ‘Dawn, if you trust God with your health, your life, your eternal life, your children, your family and your loved ones, can you not trust God with this?’
Today I read a story (in the UCB Word for Today) of a man who sees a boy being beat up by thugs. The man goes in and rescues the boy, takes him to hospital, pays the money and cares for him and, learning that he is an orphan, he adopts him, gives him his own name and welcomes him into his home and family. One night he hears the boy sobbing and goes in to comfort him and ask the matter. The boy tells his new ‘Daddy’ that he is worried about where he will find food, drink and clothes tomorrow and where he will sleep. Understandably his Daddy rightfully troubled that, after all he has done for him, that the boy he loves as his own son still doubts him.
My Father God knows that I am anxious about many things at the moment and he told me this story to let me see how sill my worry is!
I can trust him 200%!!
Thank you that Your faithfulness is my shield, hope and dwelling place.
May Thanksgiving for Answered Prayer and Protection.
Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks.
Luke 17:12-16
I want to always be the one who sets off in obedience and is cleansed, but who also comes back to thank You and worship You and to be made whole.
Let us never tire of coming back to say Thank You.
For answered prayer in May, I say thank you:
For a special family start to May with ordinary togetherness and fun.
That R. feels happy and blessed on his birthday.
For the new connection and blessing of M.C in B.J.
For the successful visit and connection with C. and P.
For inspiration and ideas to do the 4 sketches for section 2.
For use of the car and amazing first weekend of my new counselling/prayer ministry course and for the provision of books and the special people and learning so far.
For the time and inspiration to do the homework and for all the work of the Holy Spirit in me through the application of the teaching even at this early stage.
For how You teach me lessons that I then can apply to Sunday School lessons, leading devotions, blogs and other areas in life.
For the encouragement from the kids in Sunday School.
For the hard-working team and Your blessing and coordination in all the preparations for venue, food and hearts for the banquet in Your name, and for every one of those beloved guests.
For your glory, Father God.
For the Scripture Deuteronomy 11:23 – that You drive out the opposition only as we advance head on.
For all the new people finding their way into AA and for giving them courage to take the steps towards transformation.
For all the film-and-food nights with C. this month.
For courage to take the steps in obedience to Your leading and the blessing and peace that comes from that.
For blessing S’s heart especially over the last 5 months.
That S. has come off the medication and is making progress in the right trajectory.
For the 1000 people at the ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ prayer gathering for Nottingham and for Your tangible presence there and in this city.
For your presence, protection and blessing with me in A&E and for the privilege and opportunity to speak with and encourage G, and to pray for G, M and A.
For the care received by the farm staff and the paramedics and A&E staff.
For the rapid healing of my body after the accident and the concussion shock.
I always want to give You thanks for the countless times You have protected me and my loved ones from dangers that I have not even perceived. That all those we pray for, are in Your arms and Your care. I thank You for the ongoing guidance, transformation, growth and for the constant sowing and growth towards a future harvest in places that maybe I do not see.
But You are faithful.
You ask us to pray and You hear us.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
Thank You, Father God, that when we ask for direction, You do lead and guide us in the measure that we are willing to take the time to lean in and listen for You.
As the daylight hours lengthen, the trees bloom and flowers burst out, my heart sings, refreshed and delighted:
Blessed be God forever.
I praise Father God for His unfathomable love, that He would want to save a wretch like me!
Thank you for calling me, choosing me and equipping me, and this precious reader, with quality seeds to sow and for all the subsequent growth, blossom, fruit and the harvest in our lives.
Blessed be God forever.
I thank God specifically today for all the fruit and answers to prayer during April.
That S achieved grade As and has blossomed during her time in the school.
That S finally wrote his article.
For all the families blessed by the 2 weeks of lunch-club over Easter and for all the amazing volunteers. For your faithful provision for this.
For the opportunity to bless 3 special people and to celebrate their birthdays with them.
For the creative ideas for the Sunday School lessons and great tasks to do with my own grandchildren too.
For the beautiful liturgy of the Easter Triduum, the opportunity to enter into it all and the rich revelations and blessings that came from it.
For my new Saturday volunteer.
For opportunities to bless specific S, E and J with a cuppa and a welcome in the shop.
For sorting out the upcoming weekend that I was unaware needed fixing.
For introducing me to new bloggers through the FMF community.
For other opportunities to grow relationships and connections with the beautiful people you have put in my life – for each one of them, family, friends and passing acquaintances – I am truly so gratefully delighted.
Thank you that I can bring their prayer requests to you and you answer those prayers.
Blessed be God forever.
For saving H in the accident, for sending the right people to get the van out of the ditch and for him still not missing the ferry!!
Thank you for S and those others who have said they will come to the banquet.
Thank you for leading me to the right counseling course and for opening that door and a place becoming available.
For providing for this.
That my presentation event was not cancelled, but went ahead and was successful.
For all your help preparing the material and for giving me Your peace, so that I could deliver the material.
Thank you that I even sold 2 paper copies of the book and made some lovely connections at the centre.
Lord, I am so grateful to You that I no longer feel the need to run away and hide – from You or from anybody.
For Psalm 139 and all the truths therein.
Thank you for Your faithfulness to me and Your great patience and mercy every day of my life.
That You know me better than I know myself and yet You still love me.
That You are my HOPE and my Healing.
Blessed be God forever.
Lord, I thank You for answering each of those specific and general prayers. Let me never take You for granted or forget all that You do for each one of us – that You care for those that we care about.
March contains my birthday and some clear signs of Spring; plus more daylight hours and therefore the hope of more opportunities to be out and about.
We have had some amazingly hot weather and some crazy snow and hail downpours – truly balmy weather, just as we British love it!
This March I scheduled several very sociable occasions, so I found myself extremely thankful for the connections to wonderful people that have blessed my life.
I had a party for my birthday, a trip away to see special friends, a reunion of great school-pals and the occasion of a funeral thanksgiving service to meet up with memories of special people from my past.
I am so thankful for each and every one of those people and for the value they have added into my life. So grateful.
My word for March, and for most of this year so far, has to be faithful. Not me, but God.
God is so very faithful.
Here again I want to give public thanks to God for all of the visible answers, during March, to specific prayers brought before His throne.
Specifically I thank God for:
Being well enough to go ahead with the party and for all being well enough to attend.
For inspiration to make just enough food to serve everyone throughout the day and not be overwhelmed with leftovers.
For an invitation to do a presentation at a lit-fest in April.
For smooth, seamless train connection on each of the journeys away.
For the timing and honour of being with D at the moment I was needed and for many opportunities to glorify Your name.
That D has a job and home that she loves.
For being able to take the opportunity to meet face-to-face with some great writer friends.
For 3 invitations for food and connection with old acquaintances in London.
For a successful DIY week and mutually pleasant company.
For encouragements for myself as a writer and blogger.
For evidence of real growth and healing of my inner-child and for a great new strategy to help me face fear.
For the great turn-out of love and friendship for the thanksgiving service for a great man of God.
For scheduled catch-up time with L. and film nights with C.
For the celebration of 7 years sober – for Your help every step of the way and for AA and the wonderful community they are.
For healing and refreshing L.
For the deepening friendships in our special ‘home-group’.
For mothers everywhere, but thank you for all the blessings that I have received as a mother and a grandmother – joy beyond words!
Lord, You are faithful.
Psalm 5:3 says, ‘In the morning I lay my requests before You and wait in expectation.’
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