Day #27 of Thankfulness

Have these 27 days changed you?
Is thanks more on your lips than not?
They say it takes 30 days to establish a habit.
We’re almost there.

My default is not thankfulness yet.
It is still work.

I hope the thanks comes a little quicker.
We have named our thanks for 6 years of Novembers on this page.

We have to want to change.
We need to want it bad enough that it becomes a priority.
I want to be a grateful person.
I want to see beauty before the harsh.

That is not always the case.
I tend to be critical and judgmental.
Harsh before soft.

I’m trying.

I try not to say everything that pops into my head.
I long for prayer to be first on my lips in all things.

I Thessalonians 5:18
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

In all circumstances.
He wants our thanks.
Trials.
He wants our thanks.
Sickness.
He wants our thanks.

This practice really changes us.
This is a gift to us.
As we begin to name that for which we are grateful our attitude changes.
Our trials are for a purpose.
I know that doesn’t always made the grade.
It sounds trite.
Cliche.
But it’s truth.
Having a posture of gratitude through prayer will change our hearts. 

I’m still working on this.
Naming my gratitude.
It was my default the night we had Unexpected Visitors. 
It is my prayer that this becomes my life’s pursuit.

I am thankful for:
Twinkling lights on the Christmas Tree
The way the lights brighten the dark that comes so early now
A season for thankfulness
the trials that show me more and more of God’s character
the promise and hope of the upcoming season of Advent
a German exchange student cooking us delicious meals
laughter and girls chatter
the farm boy chasing his dreams
the college girls safe arrival back at college
the Ancient Word and the truth found among it’s pages
strength as we journey through another Holiday with out our son
memories that are so sweet