Gifts...

I've been reading this book.

One Thousand Gifts by. Ann Voskamp

It is so good.  She is an amazing writer.  It's all about accepting God's gifts.  All of His gifts. 

The BIG and the small.

The good & the bad.

It talks a lot about what gives you peace in this world.  A world that seems to be searching everywhere for it and hardly finding it. 

She explains it so well.  It's all about being THANKFUL....for everything.  Knowing that everything that happens in the life is intended for good and not for evil.  Even when terrible, tragic things happen....God intends EVERYTHING for good. 

"And we know that in all things God works for good for those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

Romans 8:28

That's so hard to comprehend, but that's where the faith comes in.  You just have to believe. 

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." 

Proverbs 3:5

Lean not on your own understanding.  This world is just flat out CRAZY.  I don't understand anything.  I have to constantly remember that God wrote this story...and He loves us.  All I know is that I've read the very end...and...WE WIN. 

Yay!

Throughout the book she makes a gratitude journal & tries to write down all her blessings...up to 1000. I've been doing one too.  It makes you step back & look at everything.  To really be in the moment.  To look at everything as exactly what it is...a GIFT.

It's refreshing....and I challenge you to do it too.

Look at your life & all the gifts you've been given.

It will change your outlook.

Be thankful in all things, friends :)

And for something cute to look at.....

Jackson playing with his all time favorite bubble gun!

Playing in the rain :)

Happy Monday!