Gratitude List

I'm starting a new Gratitude series this weekend.

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                       3 -5 Gratitudes from the week

                       1 verse / quote

I want you to know that I name gratitudes not to make you think I have a perfect life, because I don't.  I don't name to make you (or me) think I am a spiritual giant, because I'm not.  I became aware of counting and naming blessings Thanksgiving week in the year 2010, before I ever heard of Ann Voskamp's book, One Thousand Gifts.  While planning a family vacation in the mountains to celebrate my birthday and Thanksgiving, I requested that every family member make a list of 100 things that they were thankful for to be read at the dinner table.  While making my list, I felt overwhelmed,  I could not stop with just 100!  My list was never ending. It blessed me and made me aware of all I have to be thankful for that goes overlooked.  I name simply because it helps keep me focused. It keeps me sane.  Blogging it makes me accountable. I share it with you simply to encourage you to look around and be aware of your own blessings in day to day life.

 Sweet Gifts....

• Honey to sweeten the way; kind words of grace
• Family compliments of meals prepared with them in mind
• Singing hymns with 2nd graders on Wednesday nights
• A good bye kiss from adult sons

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"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."

 ~Proverbs 16:24

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        C.S. Lewis said to a man looking for the fullest life:

    "If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite        intolerable:  think of it as a place of training and  correction and it's not so bad."

Linking up with Gratitude Sunday

Naming them,