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The practice of giving thanks...eucharisteo...this is the way we practice the presence of God, stay present to His presence, and it is always a practice of the eyes. We don't have to change what we see. Only the way we see.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.
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Life isn't an emergency. Christ is in charge of every moment of the day nothing catches Him off guard.
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A lack of doxology leads to depravity.
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I started blogging in 2004, light years ago on the Web. And I began because I have this handicap - I can't figure out my life or see God clearly unless I untangle my life again with words.
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Losses do that. One life-loss can infect the whole of a life. Like a rash that wears through our days, our sight becomes peppered with black voids. Now everywhere we look, we only see all that isn’t: holes, lack, deficiency.
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God gives us time. And who has time for God?
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You can give up the need to compete in the world- when you accept being complete in Christ.
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I receive grace. And through me, grace could flow on. Like a cycle of water in continuous movement, grace is meant to fall, a rain...again, again, again. I could share the grace, multiply the joy, extend the table of the feast, enlarge the paradise of His presence. I am blessed. I can bless.
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The frame of a soul was never made for fame. The frame of a soul was made to serve.
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Manna today or I starve.
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Only speak words that make souls stronger -\-\ for once words are spoken, they may be forgiven, but may be not forgotten.
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Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?
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Sometimes, too often, I don't want to muster the energy. Stress and anxiety seem easier.
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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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God is good and I am always loved.
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Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin.
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Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.
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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.
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Pantheism, seeing the natural world as divine, is a very different thing than seeing divine God present in all things
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