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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging. And I wonder if the greatest challenges was to keep pressing into it when I had never been here before. I felt like Abraham - being called to something that he didn't know how to get to.
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The life that counts blessings discovers its yielding more than it seems.
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In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.
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We can worship Christ in our sanctuaries and we can pray to God on our knees, but how we treat - or neglect - the person next door, the poor, every human being, this is how we truly speak to Christ and this is how we really treat Jesus.
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Sometimes, too often, I don't want to muster the energy. Stress and anxiety seem easier.
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If trust must be earned, hasn't God unequivocally earned our trust with the bark on the raw wounds, the thorns pressed into the brow, your name on the cracked lips.
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Because One died for me that I might breathe this breath...It's all a gift.
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I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Timesbestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a year. People being moved and changed and transformed by the book [One Thousand Gifts] and wanting to share that with hurting people all around them.
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That little burning bush that is the signature of the blog - it echoes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's words.
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Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?
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I want a life that makes music - not just practices the piano.
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Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.
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In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear.
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The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.
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Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin.
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Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.
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We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if not with thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the evidence of our acceptance of whatever He gives. Thanksgiving is the manifestation of our Yes! to His grace.
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We all get to choose where we set up the stage of our lives - before the Crowds, the Court, the Congregation, the Critics (inner or otherwise)-- or the Cross of Christ. All except One will assess your performance. Only One will accept you before your performance ... Only in Jesus is there 100% acceptance before even 1% performance.
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Gratitude is not only a response to God in good times - it's ultimately the very will of God in hard times. Gratitude isn't only a celebration when good things happen. It's a declaration that God is good no matter what happens.
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God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.
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