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When somebody hardly ever says thank you, it’s easy to freeze him there, but it’s a lot healthier (for both of you) to hope for change.
Lord, please draw ______ into the gladness of giving thanks. From 1 Thessalonians 5:18 and Song of Songs 1:4
“Thou hast given so much to ______; give one thing more -- a grateful heart. . . .” George Herbert
The shift from trying to protect the people you love to realizing that you don’t have to opens wide and welcoming space in your heart where all the fear used to live.
“The shift . . . from possessiveness to hospitality is God’s good and deep work.” Susan Currie
Lord, thank You for gradually moving _____ out of my hands and into Your hands, where she belongs. From Psalm 31:5
Sometimes discouragement starts to feel like home and forever, but it isn’t. Remembering that is one small, solid step forward out of the night.
“To trust is to step forward out of the night.” George Macdonald
Father, help me to choose light over darkness at every small crossroad, all day long. From 1 John 1:5
A friend of mine says that funerals teach her how to (and not to) live. They remind her that, in the end, me-first and you-first are as different as night and day.
“Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced . . . give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.” M. A. Kelty
“[C]onsider others. . . .” Philippians 2:3
What if there is something far, far more certain than death and taxes – something that runs so deep and sure and everywhere that the hardest thing you’ll ever face can’t even dampen it?
“Flood waters can’t extinguish love. . . .” Song of Solomon 8:7
Lord, please don’t let me get so scared or busy or complacent today that I forget Your lovingkindness in which I live. From Acts 17:28
When your boat is low in the water, it helps to practice remembering that you are accompanied (which leads to thank-you).
“I am continually with You. . . .” Psalm 73:23
“I will give thanks. . . .” 2 Samuel 22:50
