"I don't even know they are gifts really until I write them down and that is really what they look like. Gifts He bestows. This writing it down - it is sort of like...unwrapping love." Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts Reading the book One Thousand Gifts opened my eyes to just that: all the gifts right in front of me. As I read the pages of Ann, the author, thanking God at her kitchen sink as she washed dishes, running out into the yard to catch the glimpse of the night sky, and looking around ... Read More about Why We Should Write It Down
Gratitude Changes Everything
Gratitude changes everything. One thing I have learned is that my attitude, my joy, my contentment and my peace of heart all are more present in my life when I am living a grateful life. Gratitude kills discontentment. Gratitude kills comparison. Gratitude kills fear. Gratitude can radically change our perspective and our hearts. Spend the next 31 days cultivating a grateful heart and life. I will be sharing quotes, Bible verses, books and journaling prompts to help us build ... Read More about Gratitude Changes Everything
31 Days of Cultivating Gratitude
There are two kinds of people in this world: grateful and ungrateful. Worshipers and whiners. - from Choosing Gratitude by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth Which do you want to be? Do you think that we truly have the choice to make? I am learning how much gratitude impacts my joy, my peace, my contentment...my life. I recently finished the book The Happiness Dare and this book was so encouraging for me in learning how to CHOOSE joy and happiness. Training my heart and mind to CHOOSE and CULTIVATE ... Read More about 31 Days of Cultivating Gratitude
How He Loves Us
"I opened my Bible and flipped a few pages, and then I saw them. Those red letters! Satan's lies are not in red letters. Only God's written truth. I read John 15:13. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friend. That is exactly what Jesus did for us! Wow! At that moment I imagined Satan high-tailing it out of there because the lies he had been feeding me were washed away. 'There is no greater love.' A calm washed over me..." from How He Loves us ... Read More about How He Loves Us
On My Nightstand
When I finish an amazing book I just feel compelled to share it with you. Right now I'm in the middle of SEVERAl really wonderful books...so here we are! All The Pretty Things - The memoir that will break your heart and heal it all at once. So, I've mentioned this book a few times. Gave away a few copies. Am still reeling from this story. I wish I could buy each of you a copy. I really, really do. I wrote more about this book here. Uninvited - The subtitle of this book will surely grab ... Read More about On My Nightstand
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