Today, I feel gratitude for...: 7.13.11

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

7.13.11

Today, I feel gratitude for:
- a safe, natural, healthy birth for my new godson!
- S cooking a fabulous dinner last night
- 6 1/2 hours sleep last night (more than usual!)
- restraint of tongue and pen when my boss emailed to ask us to do something impossible
- the new Colbie Callait album

Dear God, thank you for the many blessings in my life, especially for the perfect little new life of F. H. H.! I haven't even met him yet, but I am madly in love with him! Please help me to be a good influence on his life, and his sister's. Please grant me knowledge of Your will for me, and the power to carry that out. I'd like to be more productive today - there's lots to be done, but I'll let you sort out what's most important. Please look after my friends and family today, as well. Amen.

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crozier1125July 13, 2011 at 7:27 AM
Jeannine,
I love this idea, and what a wonderful way to spend a day...being grateful for things we might have very well overlooked. I am stealing this idea!
xoxo
Joy
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Jeannine Jersey BaileyJuly 13, 2011 at 7:38 AM
Awesome! If you want to post your lists here, that would be fabulous! :)
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What is this blog all about?

This is a (mostly) daily blog, where I pause to take stock of how good life is, if I am paying attention. A friend introduced me to this practice a few years ago with these guidelines: list 5 things I’m feeling gratitude for today, leave names out - initials only, and conclude with a prayer for the day.

Some very awesome stuff has started to happen now that I am looking at the world with grateful eyes. One side effect of these gratitude lists is that I find myself going through the day, trying to find things that I feel gratitude for.

Prayer had always been tricky for me. I like doing it, but I never felt like I could be "me". I know a little different these days. The God that I know is just happy that I'm praying - He doesn't care what language I use. It's not uncommon for to address Him as "Dude". These lists allowed me to find a new prayer voice.

I’m under no delusions of grandeur - I am not a gratitude guru or a spiritual giant. I’m a very flawed human being, and these lists are my attempt to stay aware of and grateful for the things God grants me, in spite of my flaws. God is working in my life all the time, and when I pay attention, I can see the Big Guy's work everywhere. I hope, by sharing this with you, that you can too!