1000 Gifts: 185 to 201

185. Friends who spur me to remember gratitude.

 

186. A humming dryer.

 

187. Mounds of clean clothes.

 

188. The splash of arms and legs making their way across the pool.

 

189. Advil and Sudafed.

 

190. Seeing the man who, less than a week ago, they said might not make it. Alive and healing.

 

191. Six in a room together.

 

192. A likable coach.

 

193. Trying hard, even when you're the underdog.

 

195. Sunshine and a muddy road.

 

196. Quiet moments and the sister who helps make them happen.

 

197. Sacred echoes.

 

198. Talks in the bleachers, one on one.

 

199. Red vines.

 

200. Running water.

 

201. Toddler imagination.

 

 

2011 Verse 4

(I somehow landed on a different passage for Verse 3 last time around after I had already posted. So while this looks like a duplicate, it's not! The verse I actually memorized as Verse 3 is included below).

Verse 4:

Finally, be strong in the Lord

and in his mighty power.

Put on the full armor of God,

so that you can take your stand

against the devil’s schemes.

Ephesians 6:10-11 NIV

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Verse 3, from memory:

Do not conform any longer

to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed

by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able

to test and approve

what God's will is--

His good, pleasing

and perfect will.

Romans 12:2

Verse 2, from memory:

Those who know your name

will trust in you,

For you, LORD,

have never forsaken

those who seek you.

Psalm 9:10

Verse 1, from memory:

It is for freedom

that Christ has set us free.

Stand firm, then,

and do no let yourselves

be burdened again

by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1

2011 Verse 3

Finally, be strong in the Lord

and in his mighty power.

Put on the full armor of God,

so that you can take your stand

against the devil’s schemes.

Ephesians 6:10-11 NIV

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Verse 2, from memory:

Those who know your name

trust in you,

For you, LORD,

have never forsaken

those who seek you.

Psalm 9:10

Verse 1, from memory:

It is for freedom

that Christ has set us free.

Stand firm, then,

and do no let yourselves

be burdened again

by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1