I have been encouraged by a book that was given to me last April. It is called One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. She was challenged by a friend to make a list of one thousand things she was grateful for. It changed her life and her outlook on everything. Her book made the New York Bestseller's List...and stayed there for many weeks...it may still be there. Imagine! A book about being grateful to God! This was something I wanted to do. I wanted to tell the Lord how grateful I am for all He has given me, done for me, and for how He sustains me and loves me.
I tried to begin my list with a fervor. The fervor died...as fervor does. Soooo, I begin again, with you.
If we just write down three things a day - JUST THREE THINGS - that we are grateful for, we will have written over a thousand in a year. You will need just two things...a pen and a notebook. You and I might also need to spend some time really looking at our daily lives and seeing that He is in the details...the tiny moments we fly passed.
S l o w d o w n. And write with me. Make it personal. I know we are starting on an odd day...in the middle of November, but no one has guaranteed us a tomorrow. It is the month of thanksgiving!
There may be days we both forget, but we will press on, right? Right!
I will do my best to post mine. Just look at the sidebar and click on Gratitude. Hopefully you will see my list grow each day. You can send me your list at junedahn53@gmail.com if you like. Otherwise I will just believe you are in this with me. Here are my first three - and my list will not be made according to love, importance, or degrees, but according to what comes to my mind at the time.
1. My eyesight.
2. Early sunsets - they mean pjs and cozy evenings.
3. Dirty dishes - they mean we have eaten that day.
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