Welcome back to The Quiet Cup. Each week this month, I’ve been slowing down to name a simple gift the Lord has placed in my life. Today, my heart turns to my church community: the brothers and sisters in Christ who worship, serve, learn, repent, feast, sing, and grow alongside us.

Welcome back to this month’s The Quiet Cup thankfulness series! Today, I’m thankful for my home. 

It’s easy to focus on the undone things: what’s left on the to-do list, the dishes in the sink, the words that I should’ve said more kindly. It’s easy to forget, in the thick of child-rearing and chore-managing and meal-making and holiday-planning, that the man beside me is not just a partner in the work but a gift from the Lord Himself.