Reading, Writing & Pondering

    It’s   time to start a project that will grow a grateful heart.  The Weekly Gratitude Project  is a 52-week guided gratitude journal that offers a life-changing journey through reflection prompts and inviting questions to guide you into a deeper relationship with God. This yearly gratitude journal features beautifully illustrated journaling pages that will help you discover more intimacy and joy in your spiritual life. The Weekly Gratitude Project  is: Perfect for a beginner in faith and practicing gratitude, but strong and thought provoking enough for someone who already has a solid foundation An easy-to-use journaling format designed to help you focus on adding more gratefulness into your day A helpful companion for individual worship, Bible studies, and small groups Each week includes: A biblical theme to focus on A short but impactful Bible verse to help you reflect and meditate Inspirational insight to guide your thoughts and jumpstart y...

  I truly believe life is better when lived with an attitude of gratitude. Thank You, Mama by Linda Meeker encourages children to say, Thank you. As a foodie, I also love that Thank You, Mama talks about different foods. Thank you, Mama is aimed at three to seven year olds. It measures about 9.25 inches square and is full of bright, colorful illustrations. This book also models respect, good manners and offering gratitude. I wasn't familiar with this author's work on TikTok as I am not on that platform but I think the book is adorable. I also like how it offers children a glimpse into other people's cultures and foods. I think it also encourages children to like those who are different and the different foods that they eat for various meals. By including an Aunt and Grandma in the story, it also shows are families can include different people that are close to them. Thank you, Mama also teaches young readers new words and helps them build their vocabulary. They can even...

  The Power of Thank You: Discover the Joy of Gratitude by Joyce Meyer is a relatively short and easy to read book with a powerful message and reminder to be grateful for the things in your life.  In The  Power of Thank You , Meyer shares both personal stories and stories from the Bible to encourage readers to be grateful for both the little things and the big things in their lives. Even when life isn't going the way that you hoped, Meyer encourages readers to find something to be thankful for. This book is easy to read and understand. While I didn't really learn anything new in this book, it was a good reminder to me to be thankful for so many things. I think it would be an especially good book to give a new Christian that is struggling. One of the features I especially liked about this book is the appendix that has thirty days of things to thank God for based on various Scriptures throughout the Bible. I like to use a gratitude journal every day.  Along with this ...

100 Days of Thanks from Thomas Nelson is a simply gorgeous reflective gratitude journal. This beautiful book is designed to help you take time away from your busy schedule, to sit and to reflect on what is important in life and what you are grateful for. As you would expect, there are 100 readings in 100 Days of Thanks . Each reading has a Scripture verse, a short written piece to reflect on the Scripture as it relates to your life, and a question to help reader's reflect on what they are grateful for in their own life. Throughout the book there are many beautiful soft photographs and illustrations that add a real richness to this little book. 100 Days of Thanks would make a great gift for almost anyone. It would also be a nice book to buy for your self and to go through for 100 days. It is small in size (4.7 x 8.2 inches) so would be easy to stick in a purse or backpack to carry along and use wherever you want to. I also like that it has a ribbon marker sewn in to keep yo...