The Journey Continues: Thankful for the Unobvious
"in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NASB For the Christmas Season running from Christmas Day to Epiphany on January 6th I added a new devotional book, Unwrapping the Gifts | The Twelve Days of Christmas by Curtis G. Almquist . These reflections for each of the 12 Days of Christmas focused on Gifts of the Spirit, as well as other attributes of a life for Christ. For the 10th day the reflection was on the Gift of Gratitude, and the first paragraph floored me: "Gratitude transforms our own lives and makes us really present to the extraordinary gift of life. Start small. If you can hold a cup of coffee, if you can drink from that cup using the coordination of your own muscles, be thankful. When you awaken...if you can hear the alarm, be thankful that you can hear. If, when you look outside your window, whether you see the sunshine or the rain, for the very fact that you can see, be thankful." Unwrappi...
