38 Hallelujahs {from my 37th year}

My God has been faithful to me this year, and he is deserving of my praise. In my moments of joy and in the broken parts that humble, may my story be lived as a hallelujah to God.

1. Truths revealed in our marriage
2. A story unfolding
3. The name I’m learning to love
4. A three year old boy full of life and ability
5. Our new environment of grace
6. A husband who values redeeming the land
7. A nine year old girl who expanded my boundaries and taught me to love
8. Going to some hard places with the Lord
9. A son finding victory over his anger
10. A celebration of my sister, an evening to remember
11. Provisions for a trip that would nourish our souls
12. The path to my mom’s house
13. Healing for my dad
14. A twelve year old son growing faster than my heart can handle
15. Being in Uganda together again
16. Walking the orange roads with a friend
17. Holding a little girl I loved before I knew
18. Embracing Bonnie, making bagels, laughing and singing together again
19. Barefoot Luke finding his way to the Source Café, Rogers reaching out in love
20. Walking through our Kisinja home and remembering the way it held us
21. Being with Tom in the place where God wove us together
22. Healing from headaches and a new posture before God
23. Red, white and blue traditions with my fun family
24. A week with friends who are willing to push through the hard
25. Sending off the Ebelings with love and celebration
26. Sharing family and home with Rogers
27. A five year old darling who captures all of our hearts
28. A son who faces his struggles and seeks to overcome
29. A dad who thinks of creative ways to connect with his children
30. The Fall and all the color it brings to our life
31. An eleven year old boy who knows how to love
32. A harvest of love
33. Advent conversations, receiving Christ new every year
34. Dad’s deliverance from an accident
35. Endurance through another fast
36. A husband so in love
37. Ten years and two days a part
38. A life and story I love living