Sometimes we wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Sometimes we are genuinely grieving a horrendous situation or loss. Sometimes we just can't quit worrying about a certain situation. Sometimes the negative just outweighs the positive in our minds. I've been in all these places before, I'm sure you have, too. But, I'm learning to be more intentional and I'm trying to train my brain to choose joy; dare I even say to fight for joy. Sometimes it doesn't take any miraculous healing to bring a ... Read More about 10 Ways to Find Gratitude Today
Finding Gratitude in a Culture of Excess
{Please help me welcome my friend, Alyssa, to the blog today!} There is nothing like moving to cause you to evaluate your relationship to your “stuff.” We just relocated from South Carolina to East Tennessee. For the past 3 months, we have been living in an apartment with approximately 60% of our belongings. The other 40% has been in storage. I have been surprised at how LITTLE I missed the stuff that was in storage. The other day, I stood in our new home surrounded by our stuff that has ... Read More about Finding Gratitude in a Culture of Excess
Gratitude in the Hard Seasons
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to the one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God. Psalm 50:23 It was the last thing on my list. To give thanks for the pain. Who wants to do that? How do you say thank you for a gift you never wanted in the first place? How do you express gratitude when the agony is overwhelming? As a friend always tells me, "You fake it til you make it." Do it anyways regardless of how you feel, and eventually the feeling ... Read More about Gratitude in the Hard Seasons
Fall Favorites Journaling Entry
So, we've got our Cultivating Gratitude Fall Journals ready to go... Today, let's try something new and fun...let's LINGER over the GOODNESS of fall by drawing our FAVORITE things about fall! Don't make it complicated. Just copy someone else's if you wish. Or, if you would rather, make a LIST of your Fall Favorites! I'm going to show you mine...it's far from perfect, but it was fun to think about all the things I love about fall!! If you go for it, please tag me on Instagram so I can see ... Read More about Fall Favorites Journaling Entry
Even in His death, Jesus was Thankful
In the days leading up to the crucifixion of Christ, we see Him with His disciples. They broke bread, the drank the wine, the disciples themselves didn't know all that was about to happen, but Jesus did. And He was thankful. "Within hours of His betrayal, arrest, and trial, to be followed shortly by His crucifixion, Jesus observed the Passover feast with His disciples. The Jewish ceremony involve not just one, but multiple cups of 'the fruit of the vine.' When you combine and ... Read More about Even in His death, Jesus was Thankful
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