Gratitude

October 30, 2023 - This year I want to usher in a month of gratitude starting on November 1. Even if you aren’t able to attend the Thanksgiving Simply Retreat (see About- Upcoming Retreats), I hope you’ll follow along here as I write notes to encourage you in your thanks living journey. Think about getting a journal designated for the month of November to record your thanks to God. You can also decorate a jar and set some pieces of paper with a pen by the jar for others in your house to write their thanks. Then on Thanksgiving Day, you can read out loud what everyone has written. One year when my mother was in hospice care, I made a garland with faux fall leaves and everyday we would write something on a leaf for which we were thankful. One of the benefits of gratitude is to see the good that God is and has done to help us from defaulting to the negative. This is really important whenever hard seasons come our way! “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!” (Psalm 118)