This month we've been learning about Gratitude. It's really been an awesome experience, our kids have been showing gratitude at church this month, and I hope at home too!
So far this month our key points have been;
1. You always have something to be grateful for.
2. Check your attitude and change it to gratitude.
3. Take time to say thank you.
Those sound awesome don't they? We want our kids to be able to pause and check their attitude and realize that they have a lot to be grateful for even if they don't always get their own way.
What I've found this month is that this one hits a lot closer to home than most of our topics do. The other day I was getting ready to leave the house and I was just in a funk, as I stepped out the front door I saw our 93 year old neighbor in the front lawn. He had fallen and his wife was trying to help him up. I got my husband and as we helped the man to his feet suddenly my problems didn't seem so big. I continued my day and when I ran into a friend I found out that her husband had just lost his job, while in comparison my husband had just started his new job the day before. In that moment I was humbled, my problems weren't so big and I had a lot to be grateful for. May God bless you and your family this Thanksgiving and may you have a clear focus of the many things we truly have to be grateful for this year. What are you giving thanks for this year?
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