Last spring, a friend gave me a lovely journal. With its
soft green cover and creamy lined pages, the journal begged to hold important
thoughts.
Who knew a bunch of blank pages would transform my life?
I decided to use the green journal as a gratitude journal –
a way of writing thanks, of trapping blessings on paper, of using pen and
parchment to declare that every good and perfect gift is from above. Throughout
the past several months, I have written thanks for the mundane (#93 – Marigolds
in flower boxes) and the magnificent (#882 – The feeling of being challenged
and out of my comfort zone but confident in God’s plan and purpose for me). And
now? That journal holds 1489 gifts.
The pages fill as my pen scrawls gratitude on each line. But
this habit, this discipline, this act of giving thanks is more than just a
filling of pages. It is a filling of the heart.
You see, those pages are lined with God’s goodness. Whether
mundane or magnificent, all 1489 of those gifts are ways in which an eternal,
immortal, invisible, wise God has revealed His glory to me.
And that is life-changing.
A lot of attention is given to life-changing habits this
time of year. I've chosen a few things to focus on in the areas of faith, marriage, and motherhood throughout 2014. My hope is to record my focus areas now and document my progress throughout the year.
- Faith: Give thanks, focus on prayer, memorize scripture
- Marriage: Daily affirmation, quality time
- Motherhood: Practicing presence
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