Walking the road marked with suffering...

Some days are just harder than others. Today was one of those...

1. I praise God for the reminders of His love He puts in my life throughout the day. When I am at my weakest points, He sends a little love my way and it picks me back up.
2. I praise God for my son. Even when he's being ornery and driving me up the wall, he somehow helps me to keep my sanity.
3. I praise God for the rain we had today. It is the first time in a long time we have had rain at our house. It was so refreshing and wonderful.
4. I praise God for His ability to turn around even the worst days. His grace is sufficient.
5. I praise God that He never leaves me. In the moments I feel loneliest, He is there loving me and comforting me.
6. I praise God for the beauty that abounds in this world. I don't have to look far to see His glory.
7. I praise God that His love is able to keep hate out of my heart. These past few weeks have been enough to harden my heart for the remainder of my life, but He has kept it soft and full of love. That is such an amazing thing to me.
8. I praise God for the pain. I know He is using it to refine me and mold me into the person He desires me to be.
9. I praise God for my life. It is so full of blessings and goodness.
10. I praise God that He hears my prayers and cries and will answer in His time according to His will.
11. I praise God for Ibuprofen. My head feels like it is going to split open and I am so glad I can take something to help it.
12. I praise God for sleepless nights; I spend a lot of time praying during my sleepless moments.
13. I praise God for warm showers.
14. I praise God for the little things that drive me to the point of breaking. In those weak moments, He reminds me that those little things are, in fact, little things.

Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name