blessings all mine with ten thousand beside

driving in to work today i saw a wreck. i wish i could make a cartoon of how it happened, but i don't have time. i was driving on a two-way road and traffic is relatively heavy but moving quickly in both directions. there are several cross-roads along the way, and they either have stop signs or red lights, and they can all turn left, right or go straight across. i don't know what the actual directions are, but i'll make it up to make it easier. i was traveling north, and a car wanting to cross comes to the stop sign FAST going west. he slows down just barely and then guns it to cross about 50 yards in front of me. there isn't even a tiny break in traffic!! there were two cars beside each other going south and the west-bound car barely missed the closest car but the farthest car basically t-boned him. by this time, they're just barely past being right beside me, so when i turned me head a little to the left, i could see it happen in my periphery. the south-bound car - some sort of small suv - hit the west-bound car and spun around and around, and i think he might have hit one of the post office's blue mailboxes, but i'm not sure. i didn't see what the west-bound car did. i wanted to slam on the breaks to stop and see if everyone was okay, but i knew i would cause another accident. i called 911 and told them about it.

it truly amazed me how i reacted to it. i had a pretty bad wreck back in 2002 in colorado, and suffered from post-traumatic stress for about a year, and now whenever it snows and i'm on the road i suddenly and surprisingly have a panic attack remembering that wreck. and today when i just heard the crunch of metal that is so unique to car wrecks, it all came back again. i trembled and had adrenalyn running through my body with a racing heart for at least two hours after it happened. WEIRD!

AND! my friends who are in ecuador making connections with people for their awesome fair trade business had a wreck! a really bad wreck! no one was hurt by the grace of God, but it really makes you stop and think about what you're thankful for.

i know that Your mercies are new every morning...i know and trust that You know the plans you have for me, and they're GOOD!...i really believe that You are with me always....calm down little lyndsay. *whew* post-traumatic stress syndrome, meet my God of peace! booyah!!!

in other news, i've been staring at the computer for exactly 4-1/2 hours, and i'm CROSS EYED!!! i have GOT to go to the eye doctor...these glasses are not only broken (i'm ashamed to say i'm using scotch tape to hold them together) but they just aren't cutting it anymore....

for your reading enjoyment, i hope that the following lyrics encourage you in some way. really think about the words, and don't let the "thees" and "thy's" get in the way!!


Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!



**EDIT** I COMPLETELY FORGOT THE BEST THING ABOUT MY RECENT LIFE!!! one of chris' parents' friends gave me some of her famous sourdough bread starter!!!! and i made sourdough bread this weekend!!!!!!!!! IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!! i fed the starter on friday night and let it sit all night at room temperature. then saturday morning, i mixed together the bread with one cup of the starter (and put the starter back to bed in the fridge). it was a small little blob - about the size of a really big grapfruit - and it rose in the oven all day (just with the light on to create a warm envinronment). saturday night it was HUGE!!! bigger than a basketball!!! i punched it down, kneeded it a few times and divided it between three loaf pans. the little blobs were only about 2 inches high and didn't even cover the bottom of the pans. they rose all night in the oven, and sunday morning i drug myself to the oven, took the towel off to a beautiful sight of three totally full loaf pans!! they had risen and were even pushing the towel up a little bit! ah, the glory of yeast. i turned the oven and timer on, and crawled back in bed. about 20 minutes later, chris got up to get ready for church and left the door open. he yelled "IT SMELLS SO GOOD!!!" and i thought "yeah, it can't smell THAT good..." but when the smell drifted into the bedroom, i couldn't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!! i want to make it every week JUST to get the smell!!!! then we proceded to eat all but about 2 slices of one of the loaves for breakfast. mmmmmmmmmmmm.

i took pictures, but i don't have the camera cord with me....until later.