Research actually indicates that if you write down what you're grateful for, it increases your happiness by 25 percent. And who doesn't want that? And God's word says (1 Thessalonians 5), "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." Who doesn't want to know exactly what God's will is for them?

Because One died for me that I might breathe this breath...It's all a gift.

I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't experience deep joy in God until I deep trust in God. I shine sinks and polish through to the realization that trusting God is my most urgent need. If I deep trusted God in all the facets of my life, wouldn't that deep heal my anxiety, my self-condemnation, my soul holes? The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything. If fear keeps our lives small, does a life that receives all of God in this moment grow large too?

You were made for the place where your real #‎ passion meets #‎ compassion because there lies your real purpose.

God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

We give thanks to God not because of how we feel, but because of Who He is.

Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.