{22} For smiles, in all their various looks and purposes.
{23} Thank God for milestones. Not only those little laughable ones, where we grin at our mid-week existence and whisper "hump DAY"* to lighten the air of day to day. But also the dearer, one-time markers: the graduation we were not sure we would reach with our sanity intact, moments of realizing how many years you two have been blessed to be friends, and the bittersweet anniversaries of escaped addiction—"Ah, how the withdrawals of the soul hurt, but it is a sign, a dear, sweet sign that I am getting better." Thank you for this milemarker, Elyon. Please give me the grace to make it to the next one.
{24} Thank You, Lord, for the chance to measure the world in smaller steps. There is nothing quite like holding the hands of a toddling child, thinking how far you've gone before you look behind and see the littleness of the distance. But the distance is not little; we have just grown too big, measuring miles by cars instead of our feet. Oh for the days when dogs were horses to our eyes, horses elephants, and elephants too huge to be anything but monsters.
{25} For community: the circle of friends to surround ourselves with in a reminder that these lives of ours are not a solitary existence.
{26} For lyrics—the creativity with which you have blessed men and angels. How the well-written word takes root in the human soul when carried by melody, lodging in place where it may give man's heart wings on the day he needs them most.
{27} Thank you, Elyon, for Your wondrous persistence in the pursuit of Your people—how You do not let us fall without a fight, even when we would fall to the influence of our own wicked selves.
{28} Praise God for purpose: the quickening of the blood that says, "Here and now, at least, I am doing exactly what I am supposed to."
*In case anyone doesn't know it or just needs a daily dose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s3C1him6Lk
Sorry, even after years, I still find this hilarious.
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