When I was a little girl, my mom always had me write thank you notes after receiving gifts. I have tried to stay faithful in doing this as an adult, and I'm teaching my children to do the same. A while back, I read a book called One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. She makes it a point to recognize God's grace in her life, and truly count her blessings as gifts. She numbers the gifts, and keeps on counting. Last night I found these little $1 notebooks at Wegmans. This morning, I told the oldest three to number the gifts the Jesus has blessed them with just like writing Him a Thank You note. What a response! This act of thanking God turned these little elementary hearts to worshipping the God of the Universe! One of them said they were thankful for a bike. But then we started thinking about all of the gifts we've been given in order to ride that bike. The list just kept on going!!
I reveal this bit of the Gooden home for one reason: That we may do the very thing Psalm 29:2 tells us to:
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Selfishness and strife cannot continue in a heart that is praising the Lord... in a heart that is searching the day for gifts of grace.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Hebrews 13:!5
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