Tag: Thankful Thursday

Summer

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Hey friends I don’t know about you but it’s been an absolute whirlwind around here!

We just had our second kiddo graduate in two years on Saturday. Life is moving at the speed of light. This Saturday we will celebrate her and her accomplishments at her grad party. And then in 8 days I will have surgery. Pretty major and complicated surgery at that. And my summer will come to a screeching halt while most of my families summer will include some MAJOR adventures.

One of the goals I set back a few months ago was to really pour into the writing over the summer BUT that was before I found out that I was going to have EXCESSIVE time on my hands.

So when I found out life was going to get interesting a few weeks ago I really began to pray about what writing might look like over the summer.

So here’s what I’ve got:

  • Mondays – Youth Ministry Minute. I have been writing these on and off over the last number of months to our youth leaders so why not publish them here too!!
  • Wednesdays: A few years ago I participated in a weekly posting called Word-Filled Wednesday. Well that no longer exists to my knowledge so I’m gonna create my own. I’m calling it Walking in the Word Wednesday (fits nicely with the blog title)!
  • And finally I’m going to bring back Thankful Thursday. But I’m not just going to list things I’m thankful for. We might still do some of that but we are also going to talk about how to be thankful, Living with Gratitude in the middle of not so great circumstances and so on.
  • And then finally whatever else fun I want to throw in here and there.

I hope you join me on this summer time journey!

Blessings,Mary

Gratitude In the Middle

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Gratitude

Hello friends! Welcome to Gratitude in the Middle! I can just hear you now saying “Mary what on earth is Gratitude in the Middle?”

Have no fear I’m going to explain it right here (sorry I was reverting to my inner poet.)

Gratitude in the middle is what this years Thankful Thursday is going to look like. I know it took me til March to get this out there but sometimes other things need to happen first and that is exactly what needed to happen for me. I needed to work through some stuff (more on that next week when I talk what RESTORE looks like for the first three months of this year.

Gratitude in the Middle

This year’s weekly thankfulness post is going to look a little different than other years. Usually I spent Thursday’s post listing out what I am thankful for…and this is a great practice for a number of reasons and we will get into that in future blog posts, but specifically on Thursdays we are going to chat about what Gratitude in the Middle of various seasons of life looks like…Say for instance grief, change, or illness. Don’t worry there will be lots of positive scenarios too.

I want to have this discussion because Gratitude when directed and focused on the right person (PSSST the short answer is God) has the capability to really affect our perspective on life in General and it affects how we view future circumstances as well.

Gratitude in the Middle is….

…….On Thursdays which in in the Middle of the week (kind of).

So instead of a lengthy list in the middle of the week let’s meet to discuss how we can best be grateful in whatever season we are currently in. Now sometimes seasons don’t change week by week (I mean this winter has been going on for at least a decade now right ??? Just kidding!).

So I will be pulling from past seasons in life to share what worked and what didn’t in those seasons pertaining to gratitude.

We will also discuss what keeps us from being grateful….we will call them gratitude gators.

And I might even have some fun stuff along the way. I have some really neat ideas in the future about like printable resources or graphics.

I hope you Join me on this journey as we explore GRATITUDE IN THE MIDDLE!

You can check out my previous posts (2021 Joy Dare) and (Thankful Thursday) here.

And you can check out one of my favorite book on the subject of Gratitude One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp (Not an affiliate link)

So how about you, what season are you in right now? Are you finding it hard to have gratitude? We have all struggled with this…it comes and it goes.

Blessings

Mary