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Thankful Thursday


I just started reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp, and what a great read on thankfulness! I am learning I have a very long way to go. Are we really living a grateful life? Before beginning this book, I thought I was a grateful person but wow the conviction and how ungrateful I truly am.

Lest you judge me to quickly, think about the last time you stopped and felt truly grateful for the small things? Like the squirrels scurrying in the trees, the big white puffy clouds, your children squabbling (thankful because you have children to squabble), running late for work (never know what God protected you from) and on the list goes. It's amazing how the Lord is using this book to help me stop and see the blessings in every day. It's shocking to see how quickly I complain and how little I thank!!

So, for this week, I am thankful for:


1. 14 years of holy matrimony



2. 3 Little Blessings as a result of that holy matrimony

3. A week with little pain


4. Sweet Son who washes the dishes just because


5. Patient Son who takes trouble and pain in stride (oh to be more like him)



6. Blowing air kisses with my little girl
7. Quality time with my hubby
8. A full calendar (because it means I'm alive and well)
9. Mercy
10. Grace
11. Thankfulness!!!! Oh how I am learning so much about this word this week
12. My Grace-filled, Blessed Life!

 

My challenge to you this weekend is to take the time to be thankful. So, as Ann Voskamp says "Life is not an emergency. Life is brief and it is fleeting but it is not an emergency." Take time this weekend to enjoy the life God gave you and just be thankful!



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  1. sueAugust 29, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    so enjoyed reading your blog dawn....thanks for reminding me to be thankful for the small things that we so tend to look over.

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