Gratitude Journal

Hi Everyone!!

I sincerely hope everyone had a super awesome Mothers Day.

Sunday night in bed I was actually thinking of how grateful I am for my mom. She is 75, very active, no grey hair, no granny looks, no serious health problems, just suffering from Arthritis, and that is basically it. She is as fit as a fiddle! Yes, I am blessed to still have her around. So, I was thinking to myself, “When I pray tonight, I am not going to ask for anything, nope, I am just going to say thank you for everything that I am grateful for in my life”.

If you sit down and actually think about this, there are quite a few things that we should be grateful for, and not just being grateful, but to actually say thank you. My list grew after I sat down and jotted everything onto a piece of paper. Things we normally take for granted was added to my list of thank yous. From the most stupid little thing to very serious ones, I said thank you for every little thing. It felt good, and I realized once again that my family and I are truly blessed. Yes, we all have difficult, troublesome times, but in the end everything just works out perfectly at the right time by the Grace of God. To this I can truly confess!

Now, just see how amazing God is – My sister sends me a daily e-mail from Joyce Meyer. I attach a copy of the one that I received on Monday! All about being grateful and to say thank you!

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 
—Psalm 34:1 NKJV

It is good to have love for God in your heart, but even better to express it with the words of your mouth.  Tell God several times each day that you love Him; say with the Psalmist David: “I love you fervently and devotedly, O Lord my Strength” (Psalm 18:1). It isn’t good enough to merely think, “God knows how I feel.”

Are you blessed when people tell you they love and appreciate you?  Of course you are, and it blesses God when we verbalize our love and praise for Him. Verbal expression of love and gratitude improves all our relationships, including our relationship with God.

It is also good to verbalize thanksgiving several times each day.  Quite often we should say as we go about our day, “Thank you, Lord for everything, I love you.”  One hundred times a day would not be too much.  Psalm 104 says we should be thankful and say so. Expressing gratitude is good for us; it reminds us of our blessings and helps us not to complain quite so much. 

Don’t offer your petitions to God without telling Him how grateful you are for what He has already done for you. As parents we are more likely to answer the request of a thankful child than we are a grouchy and ungrateful one.  As an employer I want to do even more for employees who are appreciative.

Offering our continual gratitude to God for His goodness and mercy in our lives moves Him to want to do even more for us. Our gratitude shows God that we are mature enough to handle even more blessing and responsibility. 

Women often say, “I know my husband loves me, but I wish he would tell me more often.”  Let’s try to be more diligent in telling God and the people in our lives, that we love and appreciate them and what they mean to us.  

Love God Today: It is impossible to love God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength, and not hear it come out of your mouth.

 But, that is not all – I read this from Joel Osteen – Your Best Life Now -

In the light of the above, I have decided to start a GRATITUDE JOURNAL.

Gratitude is an emotion that opens up your heart and allows you to connect and align with Spirit. Gratitude makes you aware of the richness and abundance already present in your life.

Begin a gratitude list, at least once a week. Write down all the things in your life that you are grateful for. Making and adding to the list and reading it will open your heart and align you with Spirit. When you count your blessings, your blessings multiply.

START YOUR GRATITUDE JOURNAL TODAY!!

God Bless!!