All Things : 1,000 Gifts
Taking another leaf from Amy, I’m joining the Gratitude Community and starting a list of 1,000 things I have to thank the Lord for… adding to it each Monday, I hope.
I’m starting out with just one gift. When I thought about writing this post this morning, I knew what I wanted to write. The day was unrolling smoothly before me, like a fresh white aisle runner at a wedding. The baby ate and napped cooperatively, and I checked things off my to-do list with satisfaction.
The day hasn’t ended quite like it’s begun. Ironically, I found myself wanting to begin my gratitude post with a list of complaints – sort of like, “These are all the things I have to be grumpy about, but hey, I’m gonna be grateful instead.”
I suppose gratitude is a discipline at a times. And hopefully I’m not sharing this gift to be trite, but may it be something I truly meditate on throughout the rest of the day. I am thanking the Lord for…
- All things being mine through Christ. “For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” (1 Cor. 3:21-23)
This is a cool idea. It’s funny how all the complaints seem to come to mind before we realize how blessed we are, no? I do the same thing.
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so sweet of you. yes, gratitude is indeed a discipline–and a difficult one–my moment-to-moment life is not one of overflowing gratitude as my blog might suggest
but I think (I hope) the more I practice the easier it gets.
this is a great start–I love your first item. and I’m glad to see that it looks like motherhood has been a smoother, much more joyful transition for you than it was for me…and you display wisdom beyond your years in your talk about wanting to avoid staring at the screen instead of engaging with your sweet son. all evidence of God’s sweet grace in your life!