Page ONE in my 'Blue Book' ~

Here are the first 2 pages in my book Peggy gave me! (If confused, look at yesterday's BLOG)
Page 1
Things I am grateful for:
--Sunshine
--Jesus, my salvation
--Dave, he loves me
--My kids (list & qualities)
--Dave was patient at WalMart
& helped me find book for recipe
cards.

Page 2
Things I am grateful for:
--The Lord's sweet salvation
--All my sins are forgiven
--I am the KINGS daughter
--He enabled me to scrub the tile
in two bathrooms.
--Peggy gave us a huge bag of squash,
cucumbers, and zucchini.

I smile at the simple beginnings! As I grew in my journaling, things changed. I do 'journal' different these days.

I still write things I am grateful for(Choosing Gratitude), although it has its own section. I now write my verse for the day and the application to my heart, day by day. Yet I have seen the wisdom of breaking my spiral notebook into sections for efficiency and time saving help. Now I have lists of prayer requests. I write verses that speak to me, or I want to further study (study section) I write my struggles, my goals, my dreams, my thoughts. I also have a section of 'quotes' I enjoy. One tab is lists of books I have read over the year. Just this year I started keeping all my SERMON notes I take on Sundays, and glue them into my journal.

I cannot tell you how many times I have gone back and read how the LORD worked, how HE answered prayer, how HE helped me see that struggle was really silly! I have grown! I have benefited from Peggy giving me that blue book and starting me on the wise path of 'counting my blessings' all those years ago. I miss her. In fact, I have 3 months of no entry in (my next book 3 times down the line) my book because she was in heaven and I was not!

If you can read and write...please take 5 minutes today and write what YOU are thankful for! 10 years from now it just might encourage you! Do it once a day, do it once a week...just do it! I did and I am the one GLAD!

Signing off for now, hugs, Lynette