Gratitude is Ever Important
/ Autumn McKenzie Jackson
There is no substitute for gratitude. Being thankful for what we have and where we are at any given moment is crucial for staying the course. Having faith can be difficult when you are not seeing results, action, fruits of your labor, or resolution with time. A dose of gratitude will chase those blues away. While there is value in discomfort, gratitude is grounding.
There are levels to everything. I can live a religious life that is sterile and devoid of divine power and muscle through life exhausted and overwhelmed or I can recognize the fullness of what Christ Jesus died to give me.
It has taken me years to express the sentiment found in this post. God has been working on my heart. There was a lot of shame and blame mixed in with my raw emotions that I needed to process.
The possibilities are endless. She is learning to hear from God. She knows that He has a plan and a purpose for her life. She has persevered through many things and her story of overcoming with help others.
Tory Palecek is my best friend from college. I met Tory the first day of volleyball preseason freshman year at Colgate University. We were both incoming freshmen. She immediately made an impression on me.
I am learning to thrive in increasingly complex situations.