days of praise: one thousand gifts

The only answer to God's unending grace--is man's unending gratitude.

-Ann Voskamp

If you haven't heard of this book, One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp I highly recommend it. It's a book, a dare, to live a full life right where you are, in the everyday mundane of life. Ann's words poetically flow as she tells the story of her life, describing the gifts of joy that she finds along the way. There were times during the book where tears were streaming down my cheeks as she describes the tradegy of losing her young sister, and other times I was laughing through her stories of chasing the moon. Ann's heart comes to life in the words that fill these pages. Her joy is evident, contagious, beautiful.

Her blog is inspiring through both words and pictures: a holy experience.

A great book for personal studies as well as group studies.

Let us offer our sacrifices of praise, giving him thanks and lifting up pure hearts.

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!

-Psalm 50:23