It’s been a year of grateful living!
The question that started it all was, What changes when we give thanks?
A year ago I was headed toward burnout and was stunningly short on compassion even though I worked in a helping ministry.
I put to the test the “in everything” from 1 Thessalonians 5:18, “In everything give thanks for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” Was the “in everything” hyperbole? Or was it an invitation?
What I discovered when I launched into developing a discipline of grateful living was that it was possible – by the unending, never-changing, always available grace of God.
Gratefulness, it turns out, is a resource available to us at any moment, in any circumstances. A prayer of thanks to God allows us to step into the immediate realities of God’s goodness.
A year later I can say that both my perspective and my heart have undergone massive changes as I have learned to see, receive and reciprocate God’s goodness through a practice of giving thanks.
I am delighted to offer another Gratefulness Experiment (January 9-February 6) for those who want to put the “in everything” to the test in their own lives.
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Come discover what changes when you give thanks!
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