where credit is due

i'm feeling disconnected lately, it's been a while since i had anything resembling daily devotional time, i'm smoking again and i keep feeling like God is getting farther and farther away. all day long i've been stressed like something horrible is happening or just happened or about to happen.



but i remember this - we praise Him in the storm, and when we fall begin again at our beginnings. so:



i'm thankful for my roommate's father rebuilding his PC so that i could still get my work done when i couldn't do it on my Mac.



i'm thankful to my mother for giving me a laptop that i can use from here on out.



i'm thankful for my Mac, that is perfect for me if not for business.



i'm thankful for my truck, and that it's so wonderfully and comfortably beaten up.



i'm thankful that my next move is already going smoothly and i don't feel down to the wire stressing about where i'm going to live.



i'm thankful for my job and the amazing Christ-like examples my coworkers provide in their grace, acceptance and encouragement



i'm thankful that said job pays well.



i'm thankful that my relationship with my mother has been so transformed.



i'm thankful for my community that can admonish and encourage with equal gentleness and love.



i'm thankful that God loves me enough to make me worthy of His love, even when i struggle against Him.



i'm thankful for mary's involvement and servant's heart, for travis's transparency, for aaron's continuing example of love lived out, for dave c's compassion, for jeff's truthfulness in difficult places, for shannon's ability to build relationships between the women in her community, for dave and lorrie's enthusiasm and generosity, and for andie's constant hugs.