Thankful Thursday: Our Daughter

"Don't you see that children are God's best gift?"  Psalm 127:3 (The Message)
 
17 years ago today I became a mom...
          and a little girl changed my world forever.

Happy Birthday, Lyssa!!

I thank God every day for my precious daughter.

OUR LYSSA IS...

BEAUTIFUL

BRILLIANT

HILARIOUS

CREATIVE

GIFTED

DETERMINED

COMMITTED

and the 

LIGHT OF OUR LIFE!

Thank you, dear Jesus, for our daughter Alyssa.  (Psalm 139:13-17) You made all of the delicate, inner parts of Alyssa's body and knit her together in my womb.Thank you for making Alyssa so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.  You watched Alyssa as she was being formed in utter seclusion, as she was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw her before she was born.  Every day of her life is recorded in your book.  Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.  How precious are your thoughts about Alyssa, O God.  They cannot be numbered!

Continue growing up Alyssa into a woman who lives for you, and reflects you in all she says and does.  We give you praise, dear Father, for her precious presence in our lives.  

Amen!