Reading through tears that refuse to stop flowing.
Maybe there wouldn’t be so many tears if I didn’t know you the way I do.
Gratitude, comes in so many different forms and I love it! I don’t know why though.
But even at my age I am always amazed when I am shown something else to be grateful for. The little things, the big things, forgotten things, the hidden things and the obvious things. All of these things are a part of who I am. And for these things I find reasons to have deep gratitude. O Lord my God, forever, please keep me with a grateful, thankful and reverent heart. Keep me humble.
Learning to love others deeply and fully through disappointment that surely I’ve brought on myself and others. O but I am grateful in heart for my eyes are open more today than yesterday!
Hold on, my beloved Amber.
You never cease to amaze me!
When God is leading and we allow Him to do this, there is no way of losing our way. No matter how disappointed or disenchanted. We just find the beauty of gratitude.
You are a hopeful person and I’m sure you stay that way, despite all you’ve endured, because of your capacity for genuine gratitude. Thank you for your prayers and blessings. I receive them!
Thank you for these wise and life-giving words, Amber! It speaks to me of how our lives are like soil. Surface gratitude (or gladness), in this metaphor, is shallow soil. It doesn't grow much or last long. The soil that fosters abundance and longevity, though, is both deep AND includes compost. In other words, deep gratitude includes sorrow, grief, despair, frustration, anger, etc., and by probing the depths of these, we create the fertile ground for more fertile lives.
Oh my.
Reading through tears that refuse to stop flowing.
Maybe there wouldn’t be so many tears if I didn’t know you the way I do.
Gratitude, comes in so many different forms and I love it! I don’t know why though.
But even at my age I am always amazed when I am shown something else to be grateful for. The little things, the big things, forgotten things, the hidden things and the obvious things. All of these things are a part of who I am. And for these things I find reasons to have deep gratitude. O Lord my God, forever, please keep me with a grateful, thankful and reverent heart. Keep me humble.
Learning to love others deeply and fully through disappointment that surely I’ve brought on myself and others. O but I am grateful in heart for my eyes are open more today than yesterday!
Hold on, my beloved Amber.
You never cease to amaze me!
When God is leading and we allow Him to do this, there is no way of losing our way. No matter how disappointed or disenchanted. We just find the beauty of gratitude.
XOXOXO
You are a hopeful person and I’m sure you stay that way, despite all you’ve endured, because of your capacity for genuine gratitude. Thank you for your prayers and blessings. I receive them!
Thank you for these wise and life-giving words, Amber! It speaks to me of how our lives are like soil. Surface gratitude (or gladness), in this metaphor, is shallow soil. It doesn't grow much or last long. The soil that fosters abundance and longevity, though, is both deep AND includes compost. In other words, deep gratitude includes sorrow, grief, despair, frustration, anger, etc., and by probing the depths of these, we create the fertile ground for more fertile lives.
I love this metaphor, Lang. Thank you for that visual to accompany this journey. It’s powerful.