“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.” – Colossians 4:2 I am not sure why this verse struck me this morning. Often when I’m in the homestretch of one of Paul’s epistles in the Bible, I’ll start glossing over the last few encouragements. But something about how Paul connects… Continue reading How Gratitude Keeps You Alert
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More Isn’t Always Better
Our family celebrated one of the cousin’s birthdays recently 11with a pool party at my sister-in-law and brother-in-law’s neighborhood pool. When we got back to the house after all of the splishing, splashing, and Marco-Poloing, my in-laws offered all of the kids something out of their garage fridge. The garage fridge: where suburbanites keep all… Continue reading More Isn’t Always Better
How Gratitude Creates Dissatisfaction (and that’s a good thing)
Gratitude encourages contentment. Generally contentment is a good thing. But there’s a potential downfall of going all in on gratitude: You can mistake its emphasis on contentment with settling for the status quo and not improving yourself and your situation. But in my humble opinion, you can be full of gratitude, fully content, yet very… Continue reading How Gratitude Creates Dissatisfaction (and that’s a good thing)
Gratitude and Living the Prioritized Life
Happy Thanksgiving! Have you ever been jealous of something someone else has only to later wonder why you cared at all in the first place? When mansions wrenched my psyche out of alignment… For lunch recently, I rode with two of my colleagues from our office in the Cumberland area of Atlanta to Buckhead (not… Continue reading Gratitude and Living the Prioritized Life
How you can use gratitude to change someone’s life
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.” – Joseph to his brothers, Genesis 50:20 “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are… Continue reading How you can use gratitude to change someone’s life
How to Fight Facebook Frankenstein
Have I told you about Facebook Frankenstein? Let’s discuss this uniquely 21st century monster and how to keep him at bay with the powerful weapon of gratitude. What is Facebook Frankenstein? Just like the Frankenstein from the old black and white movies, our Facebook Frankenstein is this warped combination of a bunch of different human… Continue reading How to Fight Facebook Frankenstein
