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Gratitude is a Choice

As we have talked about gratitude this month, I feel we haven’t even touched the surface on all we could say about gratitude. But I do believe that one important point is that gratitude is a choice.

When we are walking through difficulties, I know it’s a lot more challenging to choose gratitude and praise. When life is good, those things can come easily.

However, the Bible tells us to give thanks in all things and for all things.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 are some of my favorite verses. T...

Gratitude Changes Things

When we make it a point to live in gratitude, it helps us to see things differently. We are more grateful for our lives, all that we have, and our loved ones. Gratitude helps us to see beauty in the world around us. It renews our hearts and opens our eyes to God’s goodness.

And gratitude helps us to persevere. If we live in a negative mindset, this will hold us back in many ways. However, when we choose to stay hopeful and live a life of gratitude, this fuels us on our journey. Gratitude help...

Adding Gratitude to Our Relationships

Over the weekend, Rainer at The Devotional Guy and David at David’s Daily Dose, posted about relationships and how they can be challenging at times.

Check out Rainer’s post here – When Relationships Fail Us

Check out David’s post here – Relationships: A Survivalist’s Guide

It’s true. Relationships can be messy. There will be times in life when other people hurt us – intentionally or unintentionally. Miscommunications and misunderstandings can make navigating relationships feel like walk...

Adding Gratitude to Our Prayers

One powerful way to add more gratitude to our lives is to add gratitude to our prayers.

Personally, much of my prayers consist of asking God for things. And it’s okay to seek God in prayer when we have worries, if we need the Lord’s guidance, or if our loved ones need prayer. But when we include gratitude and praise in our prayers, this will help alter our prayer lives and ultimately our attitudes.

We have a sign hanging on a wall in our home that says, “Dear God, I want to take a minute, ...

Trading Complaints for Gratitude

A couple of things I want to note before we get too deep into the topic of complaining vs gratitude:

If there is something wrong that is important to express, then of course we should speak up. When we try to watch our complaints, this doesn’t mean we allow others to take advantage of us. And we shouldn’t risk our own health or safety because we don’t want to say something that might sound like we’re complaining.Also, in my post on Saturday, my friend Judy and I chatted a bit in the comm...

Happy Veterans Day

As you might know, today is Veterans Day in the United States. One thing I am thankful for today is our veterans. I would like to take a moment to say “thank you” to all the veterans who have served our country.

And I am proud to say that one of those veterans is my own dad who served in the United States Army. So I would like to extend a special “thank you” to him as well.

Those of us who live in freedom do so because of others who made our freedom possible.

I hope you all ha...

Relentless

In my last post I talked about clearing the clutter in our minds in order to aid us on our path to more grateful hearts. And this is also key when we are fighting a battle.

Today I want to stress that we have to be relentless on this path. The enemy is ruthless when it comes to pushing our buttons and bringing attacks our way. Therefore, we have to be relentless when it comes to our armor and our walk.

It is imperative to continually choose thoughts and words that align with the Word of Go...

Clear the Clutter

Hi friends! In my last post I mentioned that I wouldn’t be able to post daily this month, as I have in some Novembers past. However, I am still trying to post a little extra, as we focus on gratitude. I will try to post on Tuesdays and Saturdays for three weeks, and Tuesday and Thursday for the final week in November.

Today I want to talk about some prep work we need to do as we work towards having more grateful hearts…

If we are trying to be more grateful and optimistic, or even if we are...

October’s Blessings and Reminders

Here we are for another monthly reflection of the blessings and lessons learned in our lives.

One thing I was reminded of in October is the blessing we have in technology. Some of us had texting issues this month. We couldn’t text certain people, resulting in a red “Not Delivered” error.

My friend Lorraine and I resorted to emailing each other. Under normal circumstances, Lorraine faithfully texts me every morning to say hello and wish me a good day. What a gift! When the phone issues were...

October Blessings and Reminders

Here we are for another monthly reflection of the blessings and lessons learned in our lives.

One thing I was reminded of in October is the blessing we have in technology. Some of us had texting issues this month. We couldn’t text certain people, resulting in a red “Not Delivered” error.

My friend Lorraine and I resorted to emailing each other. Under normal circumstances, Lorraine faithfully texts me every morning to say hello and wish me a good day. What a gift! When the phone issues were...