counting thanksgiving

I'm thankful for this awesome sky

If the countdown to Thanksgiving has begun, how about counting thanksgiving? 

I follow the blog, 'A Holy Experience' by Ann Voskamp.  She is the author of the best selling book One Thousand Gifts, A Dare To Live Fully Right Where You Are.  She poetically writes about what she learned while accepting the challenge to record 1,000 things she is thankful for.  She is deeply spiritual and vulnerable as she shares her personal story.  Hers is not a positive thinking book, but one that leads the reader into the discipline of recognizing the gifts that surround us, even amidst pain and loss.  She gracefully writes how this act of counting thanks healed her heart and increased her faith in a loving God.

Giving thanks is an act of humility.  God gets so much bigger and we get smaller when we 'count thanksgiving'.  A heart that turns to God to say "thank you" is one that gives credit to God, the giver of gifts.  We may not always understand God's ways, but giving thanks gives us peace and increases our faith.

God may seem like a mystery, but somehow through the act of 'counting thanksgiving' He seems to give us some clues to help us better understand Him.  Let's not wait until Thanksgiving Day to give God thanks.... let's start counting thanksgiving today!

Have a beautiful weekend.  Invite someone in and have fun as you practice hospitality.