As I try to develop a habit of daily recognizing and counting my gifts, may I take a moment to share some with you? (For more information on the Love Dare: check out Ann Voskamp’s {affiliate link} One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are.)
This act of naming grace moments, this list of God’s gifts, moves beyond the shopping list variety of prayer…It really is a dare to name all the ways God loves me. To move into His presence and listen to His love unending and know the grace uncontainable.
~1,000 Gifts, Ann Voskamp
0121. healthy, active children
0122. celebrating milestones, even small ones
0123. open windows
0124. the sound of lawn mowers
0125. helping a neighbor
0126. planting a garden
0127. last day of school
0128. serving with my family at church
0129. a home filled with music
0130. my mom
0131. a new niece
0132. electric griddles 🙂
0133. the comfort of a small town
0134. teachers who invest in my children
0135. children curled up with books
0136. seventy-five degrees…finally
0137. date nights
0138. friends willing to babysit
0139. freedom
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0140. the men and women who fight to protect our freedom,
and their families who sacrifice so they can
Happy Memorial Day…thank you to all who serve and
have served our great country!
Would you like to join me in The Joy Dare? You can link up at A Holy Experience or on Facebook.
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Good reminders. Our lives are full of God’s grace. I have a granddaughter named Grace, and she gives me opportunities to both receive and give it. : )
So true, Gail! Grace is my daughter’s middle name….a lovely reminder.
I am doing the Joy Dare. I should share some of the things I am grateful for. Great post idea. Glad you thought of it…. something to work on for this week. Wonderful things to be thankful for.
Yes, Debbie, you should definitely post about the Joy Dare! For me, it’s great accountability! I’m so glad you stopped by!
I am visiting you from Deep Roots at Home. This is awesome. What a way to change your focus from self. What a way to be content!
Yes, it is difficult to be discontent when you are focused on all you are blessed with! Thanks for stopping by, Ana!
I love your list! When we focus on what we have to be thankful for we sure discover a lot more things, don’t we? When I was in my early 20’s I kept a grace notebook, I really need to do that again!
Thanks for linking up to the “Making Your Home Sing Monday” today! 🙂
Such a great reminder! Thank you for sharing. Sometimes we are so busy in life we overlook all the blessing to be grateful for that surround us. 🙂 I need to do this over the summer with my kids. Great post!
So true! Thanks for stopping by, Faith!
You’re right, it’s so important to remember these things. I used to read Ann Voskamp’s blog & was usually teary or at the very least enthralled by some of the simple things in life that she reminds us to be thankful for. Thank you for linking up with the Mommy-Brain Mixer this week.
Yes, LOVE Ann Voskamp! Her book literally changed my life. Thanks for dropping in, Jelli!