So a bunch of us are nearing the end of an experiment of avoiding the rush, which you can read more about here, and i am going to share some of my experiences and hope others will do the same in the next day or two…
…but in the meantime our ‘Free: Spending your Time and Money on what matters most’ carries on and this week we are focusing on Gratitude and Trust.
And one of the pieces of homework is a Log of Gratitude and once again i would love to find at least nine other people who will commit to doing this with me for the next ten days, so, if you are one of them, please leave your name in the comments below…
‘KEEP A DAILY GRATITUDE LOG
The practice of gratitude helps us recognise how we have been lavished and loved. “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” [Psalm 106.1]
Living gratefully is an important discipline because it affirms what is evidentially true – that we are cared for by an abundant Provider who delights to give us many good things. This week keep a daily gratitude log. At the beginning or end of each day write down five things you are thankful for. Try not to repeat. If you write each item in sentence form, your list will begin to take the shape of a poem. For example:
I am grateful for…
the taste of coffee in the morning
how sunlight fills a room with warmth
the gentleness of a kiss on the cheek
the power I feel in my legs when I run
Your list could be a random collection of things that move you, or you might pick a theme for each day: food, people, nature. Or you might want to spend some extra time outside looking and listening for signs of God’s abundance. At the end of the week read your poetic list to a friend or small group. ‘
[from ‘Free: Spending your Time and Money on what matters most’ by Mark Scandrette]
So there it is, and if you’re feeling particularly brave and sharey then i will invite you to share your ten day’s worth of Gratitude with us in the follow-up blog.
Anyone up for this?
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Irresistibly Fish 
Once again … keen. 🙂
Doing this already, and such a blessing. Puts a different perspective on life when you are consciously looking for things to be grateful for.
I am in! Kathy
I’m in!
Def want to do this!
I m in
Sounds great. I’m keen to do it!
I love doing this and definitely find it shifts my perspective when I’ve woken up grumpy & do it anyway. If it helps anyone else I use an app called ‘Secrets to Happiness’ (or something like that) which prompts you every morning and you can look back over all your old entries.
By the way, just wanted to thank you for this latest series (being still, fasting,daily gratitude etc). I’m finding them really valuable, challenging but valuable 🙂
thankx for the feedback – you should seriously consider ordering a copy of ‘Free’ and working through it with C – chat to Matt Allison cos he did just that and i think has found it really helpful – we have been running a book study of it in our home and it’s been so good… thinking about this stuff, taking some risks, making some changes and just long conversations with Val figuring stuff out together…