{Please help me welcome Christa of ChristaSterken.com to the blog today. Thank you for your vulnerability in sharing your story, Christa.} Blame comes easily. I know all about it. I blamed someone for decades and now he is dying. Far away across the world. Separated by continents and catastrophic damage inflicted by words and neglect. My biological father was my…
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A Grateful Tree For All Year Long
“Let thankfulness rule in your heart. As you thank Me for blessings in your life, a marvelous thing happens. It is as if scales fall off your eyes, enabling you to see more and more of my glorious riches. With your eyes thus opened, you can help yourself to whatever you need from my treasure house. Each time you receive…
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7 Habits of Ungrateful People
Gratitude is a choice. We can choose to be grateful or we can choose to live our lives full of complaints, entitlement and ingratitude. In looking at how grateful people live their lives and how ungrateful people live their lives, we begin to see certain habits and attitudes that each category of people hold. I’m taking these ideas for the…
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To Inspire Gratitude
We are learning how gratitude can change a heart. We are seeing evidence in our own lives. We are counting our blessings and finding joy. This all makes me what to spread the joy and gratitude…who has God placed on your heart to inspire toward gratitude. Maybe it’s your children…a friend…a spouse…let’s spread the joy! Here are some things I’ve…
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Praying Your Own Psalm 136
When we pray God’s Word, we are aligning our hearts with the will of God. We are proclaiming that we believe His Word to be true. We are asking Him to complete His perfect will in us. Psalm 136 is the perfect Psalm to read, meditate on and pray. It’s also especially perfect for cultivating gratitude. And when we take…
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