Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are a divine choice.

But wells don't come without first begging to see the wells; wells don't come without first splitting open hard earth, cracking back the lids. There's no seeing God face-to-face without first the ripping.

Life isn't an emergency. Christ is in charge of every moment of the day; nothing catches Him off guard.

God is patiently transfiguring all the notes of my life into the song of His Son.

We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if not with thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the evidence of our acceptance of whatever He gives. Thanksgiving is the manifestation of our Yes! to His grace.

We can worship Christ in our sanctuaries and we can pray to God on our knees, but how we treat - or neglect - the person next door, the poor, every human being, this is how we truly speak to Christ and this is how we really treat Jesus.

The life that counts blessings discovers its yielding more than it seems.