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Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Perspective
Joy
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Autism
Gratitude

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Maybe the woman who was handed the book [One Thousand Gifts] by a friend the morning before she had an abortion scheduled - and read the book and realized that this pregnancy that she didn't want - perhaps it too could be a gift from God? And then she said showed me the photo of this laughing 5 month old boy.
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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.
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All fear is but the notion that God's love ends.
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We want clarity -- and God gives a call. We want a road map --- and God gives a relationship. We want answers -- and God gives His hand.
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What is time for if not to bless?
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They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to find fullest time... the busyness of your life leaving little room for the source of your life... God gives us time. And who has time for God? Which makes no sense.
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The blog is meant to be a bit of a side chapel - a place to slip into and still and encounter the glory of God - and come away again with a fresh sense that your life, right where you are, is a holy experience - that God dwells with you and in you, and where you are is holy ground, worthy of reverence and celebration and wonder.
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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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Faith thanks God in the middle of the story.
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Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perserverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?
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Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.
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God appoints people who do disappoint - to point to a God who never disappoints.
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How long does it take your soul to realize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of fullness and satisfaction.
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Going ahead in the midst of the stressful circumstances and giving thanks in that moment - you can't simultaneously feel stress and gratitude at the same time. So as a parent, to go ahead and start to give thanks to God resets the whole family.
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When grief is deepest, words are fewest.
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Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.
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Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.
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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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Every breath is a battle between grudgery and gratitude. Give thanks...and you win joy.
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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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