I used to keep a journal called God-sightings. Every day I would write something down that helped me focus on thankfulness. Sometimes it would be big things, other times it would be something small, but at the end of the year I could look back and see that God was a part of my life in everything I did.
It takes work to keep a God journal. You have to make time to look around you. To see the small stuff. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve kept up my journal and I now wish I could recapture the lost miracles. But I’ve made up my mind that it’s too worth it to not make the time. With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it seems appropriate to begin my daily ritual again.
This week God blessed me in many ways ~ from getting me through a busy 5 days at work, to giving me an unexpected surprise with my published article in Reminisce. Even today, someone in the parking lot at church caught me unawares by telling me she’d read my article. I got two calls from Andrew over the weekend, enjoyed crisp sunny weather, spending the day getting the yard ready for winter. God helped me fix an incredible meal of ribs and winter squash and has helped me stretch my money in my wallet when our resources have been low.
This week, my boss gave us tickets to see his daughter’s high school performance, so Bob and I had the chance to spend an evening with he and his wife and meet his stepmom and father. When given the sad news that my other boss’s wife learned she has cancer, God helped me give him words of encouragement and the chance to pray.
Thanksgiving is everywhere if we take the time to look. I , for one, need to set my sights on Him and get ready to really give thanks.
Have you seen God lately? Try writing it down...
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