I’ve been counting the days to my birthday and then I got the thought of writing down a gratitude list for all the blessings, gifts, surprises I got for the past 12 months. After all, counting our blessings uplifts us and reminds us of God’s goodness and faithfulness to all of us 🙂 Here goes …

18 “Forget the former things;     do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing!     Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness     and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19

Psalm 121 A song of ascents. 1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. …