November 17, 2013
“The most psychologically correct holiday of the year is upon us.”
So wrote John Tierney, author and journalist, two years ago in a NY Times article. He was referring to Thanksgiving and the positive effects of giving thanks.
My birthday falls a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving so the timing of writing “thank you notes”, for gifts given, is so close to the holiday that I can write two greetings in one card-“Thank you for the birthday gift and Happy Thanksgiving!” According to modern psychology, my “attitude of gratitude” not only makes my mother happy…
January 25, 2013
If you’ve been reading “31 Days of Praise” you may remember we were challenged the other day to thank God for the weaknesses, moodiness, irritating habits, demands, unrealistic expectations, and unloving ways of the people in our lives. We are to thank God because He wants to do good things in our hearts through the faults of others! I had to re-read that day’s entry several times. Shouldn’t God be concerned about doing good things in their lives and not mine? After all, they’re the ones with…
January 12, 2013
Not only is the beginning of a new year a time to make resolutions, but it is also a time of taking inventory of what went well and what didn’t go so well last year. When we remember the abundance, and all of the joy that God allows through our family and friends, and in giving our daily bread, it is easy to proclaim His praises and say, “God is good-all the time-God is good!”
It may not be so easy to shout out the same adoration when we…
