As long as thanks is possible...
then joy is always possible.
Ann Voskamp ~ One Thousand Gifts
I've been wanting to do a post on this for quite awhile now.
My words are inadequate so I'll let this review do the talking.
This book cut straight to the heart of loss
and asks the questions you are afraid to ask.
It goes straight to the issues.
Just like you,
Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well.
Forget the bucket lists
that have us escaping our everyday lives
for exotic experiences.
'How,' Ann wondered, 'do we find joy in the midst of
deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties?
What does the Christ-life really look like
when your days are gritty, long--and sometimes even dark?
How is God even here?'
In One Thousand Gifts,
Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings
and embark on the transformative spiritual discipline
of chronicling God's gifts.
It's only in this expressing of gratitude
for the life we already have,
we discover the life we've always wanted...
a life we can take,
give thanks for,
and break for others.
We come to feel and know the impossible
right down in our bones:
we are wildly loved--by God.
Let Ann's beautiful, heart-aching stories
of the everyday
give you a way of seeing
that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace,
a way of being
present to God that makes you deeply happy,
and a way of living that is finally fully alive.
Come live the best dare of all!
I love this book.
After my Bible, it is probably the 2nd most
influential book I have read in my adult whole life.
Truly, it is life-changing.
I have an extra copy that I bought just for you.
It will change your life, too.
Or maybe, you already have it
and would like a copy to give away.
Either way, leave me a comment on this post to win.
Put it on your blog for a second chance.
You know how it goes.
Giveaway will end next Sunday, Nov. 27
Join me in giving thanks...
this week I will be sharing a few of my favorite quotes...
