Category: Seeking God

My One Word for 2025

Happy New Year! If you have been following my blog for a bit, then you likely know that I enjoy picking a word to guide me through the year. Or rather, I should say that God picks the word for me. My one word… Continue Reading “My One Word for 2025”

And so I walk in the LORD’s presence as I live here on earth!

As you might recall, my one word for 2024 is presence. At the beginning of the year, I was eager to turn my focus on the Lord’s presence in each moment. As all years do, this year had ups and downs. And I was… Continue Reading “And so I walk in the LORD’s presence as I live here on earth!”

The Greatest Gift

Happy Thanksgiving! Today is Thanksgiving in the US – a day to celebrate all that we are grateful for. The people that reside in this country are of varying heritage. We have people from every descent, nation, and religion. We have differing views and… Continue Reading “The Greatest Gift”

Gratitude is a Choice

As we have talked about gratitude this month, I feel we haven’t even touched the surface on all we could say about gratitude. But I do believe that one important point is that gratitude is a choice. When we are walking through difficulties, I… Continue Reading “Gratitude is a Choice”

Gratitude Changes Things

When we make it a point to live in gratitude, it helps us to see things differently. We are more grateful for our lives, all that we have, and our loved ones. Gratitude helps us to see beauty in the world around us. It… Continue Reading “Gratitude Changes Things”

Adding Gratitude to Our Relationships

Over the weekend, Rainer at The Devotional Guy™ and David at David’s Daily Dose, posted about relationships and how they can be challenging at times. Check out Rainer’s post here – When Relationships Fail Us Check out David’s post here – Relationships: A Survivalist’s… Continue Reading “Adding Gratitude to Our Relationships”

Adding Gratitude to Our Prayers

One powerful way to add more gratitude to our lives is to add gratitude to our prayers. Personally, much of my prayers consist of asking God for things. And it’s okay to seek God in prayer when we have worries, if we need the… Continue Reading “Adding Gratitude to Our Prayers”

Trading Complaints for Gratitude

A couple of things I want to note before we get too deep into the topic of complaining vs gratitude: While keeping those things in mind, today I want to talk about trading our complaints for gratitude. We are surrounded by complaining and negative… Continue Reading “Trading Complaints for Gratitude”

Happy Veterans Day

As you might know, today is Veterans Day in the United States. One thing I am thankful for today is our veterans. I would like to take a moment to say “thank you” to all the veterans who have served our country. And I… Continue Reading “Happy Veterans Day”

Relentless

In my last post I talked about clearing the clutter in our minds in order to aid us on our path to more grateful hearts. And this is also key when we are fighting a battle. Today I want to stress that we have… Continue Reading “Relentless”