This is the time of year when the light of day falls backward and some seem to linger in the darkness - especially with the traditional emphasis on November gratitude, December joy and the hope of new beginnings with the turn of the year. Maybe. But not everyone is there – look in the dark and you’ll find them. Being thankful … [Read more...]
Abundance Through Brokenness
If I told you how many hard places our family faced around this time of year, you might wonder if it really happened just that way. I couldn’t make this up . . . and since I journal, it’s all there that He was all here. Autumn, the remembrance of technicolor grace that covered dark places. Marked forever in an old … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Crumbs
The psalms are filled with praise and thanksgiving – but also despair. Psalm 118:1-29 is a prayer of thanksgiving for victory in David’s life, however in between the lines of the first to the twenty-ninth verses there are things that didn’t always echo victory. It's the same in-between the lines of our lives. David … [Read more...]
Gratitude Day
The American tradition of giving thanks for a day . . . Thanksgiving shouldn’t be about one day on the calendar that gets lost in the shadow of feasts and football. You may have noticed that somehow our holiday got hijacked to become the forerunner to a shopper–stampede the following day. Don’t let it. Giving thanks is … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving (every) Day
The psalms are filled with praise and thanksgiving . . . and, also with despair. Psalm 118:1-29 is a prayer of thanksgiving for victory in David’s life. Much happened between the dash from the first to the twenty-ninth verse that aren’t situations for which we give thanks. It didn’t always look like victory. He didn’t … [Read more...]