Give Thanks...Are You Kidding Me?
When giving thanks feels near impossible...WHY BOTHER?
A book entitled One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voscamp has beautifully epitomized the power found in taking the time to be thankful. I highly recommend this read.Interestingly enough, this book reinforced a concept God had taught me some years earlier.
I understand fully how difficult it may be to give thanks in the midst of sorrow, but I also want to reiterate the fact that when thankfulness is at its hardest, it is at its most powerful.
I remember one evening when out for a walk how I begged God to be done with me, so I could be done with the pain of betrayal. Instead His Spirit encouraged me to speak out loud a few words of thankfulness.
Everything within recoiled at the thought, but I was desperate to lift the darkness. I feared I was sliding into a pit I could not climb out of.
So I thought for a moment and started with the obvious.I thanked God for my son,
my daughter,
my new puppy
and the fact the sun split across the western ridge in the most amazing sunset.
These whispered words of obedience were enough to change my whole demeanor.
This so impacted me that I began to daily make a point of finding something, anything to thank God for. The list grew and so did the power and strength to live and fight for healing.
So for today…
As hard as it may be…
Find something, even if its small, to thank God for.
You will be amazed how this obedience lifts the darkness and soothes the soul.
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About the author
Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist, and a free-lance writer published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, and former newspaper columnist on health and fitness. A Word Guild semi-finalist for Anna's Secret, Katherine's Arrangement, Amelia’s Heartsong, and a Word Guild winner for Best Romance for Lucinda’s Defender. She has found her home in the writing of historical fiction but is open to wherever God leads. The many 5-star reviews attest to the power of love and romance authentically woven into the Shenandoah Bride Series about five sisters and their five love stories.
Blossom lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, David, of forty years and their dog Lacey named after Lacey Spring, Virginia, where this series takes place. A former businesswoman, personal trainer, and mother of two grown children she is now pursuing her lifelong dream of writing full-time. A hopeless romantic at heart, she believes all story should give the reader significant entertainment value. However, her writing embodies the struggles of real life. She infuses the reality of suffering with the hope of Christ to give a healthy dose of relatable encouragement to her reader. Her desire is to leave the reader with a yearning to live for Christ on a deeper level, or at the very least, create a hunger to seek for more.
Co-author Suzie Zanewhich
Suzie is a certified life coach, leader of emotional health, and resource specialist. She has found her niche as a soul coach.
Suzie finds purpose in empowering individuals to move towards growth, healing, and alignment with their authentic self. Suzie is driven by a calling to live authentically, as the person God created her to be, to reach her fullest potential and lead others to do the same. Her passion is to help others find meaning through discovering their strengths, gifts, personality, temperament and core values.
Suzie is a life-long learner, continuously immersing herself in new courses to learn more about human behaviour, relationships, psychology, child development, emotions, trauma and healing. Because of her craving to always learn more she has earned the title of resource specialist in the area of self-discovery.
Suzie Zanewich lives with her husband in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She has a patchwork family of four grown children, two daughters, two sons and three granddaughters.
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