It is enough...

Authentic gratitude grows out of the ground of specificity.

Sometimes we get so busy, so rushed, so hurried that life goes by with but an empty thank you here and there to a God that we claim as our own but do not act as if he is really GOD. Instead in our business we proclaim that if "I don't do it, no one will and it all relies upon me"...in essence we have become our own god and it is all about us. We are our own idol.

So this day, let us proclaim, shout to the mountains, let all know that it is enough just to BE. Even if God only gives you this day, this moment covered in the precious blood of HIS son, that is would be enough. That we would not aimless wonder the parched land looking for the thing, the experience, the person to fill us. We would joyfully say it is enough that a HOLY GOD not only allows me to be in HIS presence, but HE delights for me to be there. I will choose to be specifically grateful and write them down so my children will know with great detail the way our Father loves us so...

...I am grateful for the early morning school days that allow me precious time with my children, even though some days I would rather stay in bed.

...I am grateful for the 3 inches of rain in one day and a flooded backyard to water this parched land.

...I am grateful for a husband that loves the Lord and is the spiritual leader of our home.

...I am grateful for the TRUTH that God sent, the LIGHT so that I could know HIM, the one who created the heavens and the earth.

...I am grateful for 2 dogs that bring such delight to my home, even as they bring muddy paws to clean floors.

Abba, Father, teach us to be specifically grateful so that we leave a legacy of gratitude and submission to the one true God. That we would find even if today was all, that it would be enough. May we drink the cup of joy and gratefulness as a moment by moment attitude!