Thankfuls

My daughter spent 2 years living at a residential treatment center. Her testimony is worthy of a post by itself; so I’ll just say she needed some guidance beyond what we could give her at home.

The girls at this treatment center are surrounded by the word of God. They are counseled daily on giving God control. One of the concepts that was used with my daughter was writing “thankfuls”. She would be required to keep a journal and each day she would sit down for 15 minutes and list things she was thankful for. When my daughter told me about this, I was intrigued. So I tried it. Wow, does it change your perspective! It’s such a simple thing. But being thankful really helps keep our minds and hearts focused on how blessed we are.

What if we took time every day to write down 5 things we are thankful for? The catch is that you can’t repeat anything. Would you run out of things to be thankful for? I think it would be hard, but I bet there are far more things to be thankful for than things we wish would go away.

There’s a book by Ann Voskamp titled “A Thousand Gifts”. In it, Ann guides us to write down 1000 little things we are thankful for. You can learn more about it here: http://www.annvoskamp.com.

I have learned to find joy in so many little things. As I sit here writing, I can easily touch 5 things I am thankful for: my sweet furbaby Bella, the fleece blanket covering my legs, my bible, the ottoman that allows me to elevate my sore feet, and the pizza rolls I’m having for dinner, (don’t judge me).

What about you? Have you done your thankfuls today?

Share some random things in the comments that your thankful for!