Let me rediscover You
And breathe in me Your life anew
Tell me of the God I never knew
Let me rediscover You
Rediscover You, by Down Here
Counting 1,000 Gifts….
#1000 The journey
Yesterday, I sat and watched as my girls played red light green light in a field and my husband snapped pictures. I took the moment and framed it in my mind, silently counting it. I smiled and realized that after 72 weeks of Multitude Mondays the treasure I take away is the journey.
There was a time, when I labeled only good things as gifts. Sunrises are good, but cancer it is bad. Girls who laugh with their sisters are good, but being up all night with a fussy baby is bad. So count the sunrises and happy girls as gifts, but definitely not the cancer or the fussy baby. The journey has taught me that each one is to be counted because it is a new way to rediscover who He is. In the good, He overwhelms me with grace. And when I face the hard, difficult, or bad, then He still overwhelms me with grace. Either way, as Ann so beautifully says, All is grace. And because of that, every thing He brings into my life is a gift and it is good.
A thousand things all piled up into a mountain of blessing, so how can I ask for more? But, I will. And He will continue to give and give and give. I will count them, maybe not here, but one by one in the quiet places of my heart.
Thank you so much for letting me share this journey with you.
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Wow – I’ve been reading your Multitude posts for a couple of weeks now and every one has made me think of different thing that I should be grateful for. I can’t imagine how much more in tune you get when paying attention to your blessings in the way you have – and I am even more blown away by your conclusion and coming to the realization that it’s the Journey (not sure I would have gotten there lol) 72 weeks is such an amazing amt of time to commit – I am impressed with your diligence. I am considering doing my own list (or at least being more mindful of things as i go through each day) after reading your experience – Thank you for sharing it with us!
Gidget I am blessed that you have been following along and that God has stirred your heart to begin a Gratitude Journey of your own. That is exactly how it started for me. My heart was stirred, and I began. I started with #1, and kept going. I am praying for you right now, that God will meet you every day and that your heart will overwhelm with grace!
Just beautiful, Stacey. And what a beautiful journey we’re given with Him.
Love this post, and His blessing
True that there are “bad, sad and hard” time in our life here on earth, but we can focus on the good and better things, on what is “true, noble and praiseworthy” on things from the above.
May you continue to look for those blessings, He who loves us, give us good things
Beautifully encouraging! Thank you Stacey!
I am still in the beginning stages of this journey. I still find that I count mostly the good, but God is giving me the grace to see the not so good in a new light. Thank you for sharing your beautiful journey.
Love this! All is grace!!! Thanks for sharing, and letting us enjoy your journey friend!
Danielle I feel like we have walked these steps together. I’ll still be following yours!
With you on this journey of counting His blessings. May I learn through this that He is still blessing me in the difficulties as well as in the rejoicing. Near 700 now. Would love for you to stop by.
Loved your glorious end of this part of the journey~a journey that continues on.
Blessings,
Janis
I’m on the same journey, relishing Ann’s words. Love it!
Yeah…congrats on 1000 and counting…this journey has transformed me a well…All is grace…learning to count it all as Love…”because it’s a new way to discover who He is..” Love that ….getting to discover today.
Blessings~