What does gratitude feel like?

Dear Family of Love and God,

Happy Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday!  I hope everyone took time to be dialed in with an attitude of gratitude. What does gratitude feel like to you? What does it feel like in the depths of your souls and heart homes?  These are our  questions to ponder this evening. As we look towards the weekend and our time of  Self and Sabbath Care we must set  for our selves  a time of preparation and lay down our burdens and open ourselves up to God and all the wonderful possibilities God has in store for us. In order to do this we must pull out our Walk With Me On Our Journey Self-Care Guide and study what we had on our list for Thursday:

Thursday: Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday.
This day is all about mindful intentionality and gratitude. Putting on our attitudes of gratitude and random acts of kindness. Remember these are daily acts too. Think of  Maunday Thursday, Thanksgiving day, and Ascension Day. 3 key holy days that are celebrated on Thursdays. 
Do something radical in the Love Energy department. 
Begin to prepare for the weekend by unwinding and de-stressing! 

Please add to this Take time to start the week out right by being kind to yourselves.
Practice loving yourself.
Do a mediation of your choice.
Practice our Mindfulness exercises and breathing:
. It is simply this we start with our breathing exercises using this format:

Inhale the Holy Spirit.
Exhale Love.

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Now repeat the following 3 times;

Be Still and Know That I am God.
Be Still and Know
Be Still 
Be

Now get out some kind of timer, mindfulness app, or music and set them for 5 minutes when you begin. Then close your eyes and be silent. If the music goes long don't worry that will lead you into our time of prayer and thanksgiving. 

Here is our musical selection for this evening! The Lord is My Shepherd - John Rutter Mix

We give and thanks and pray for all our family members throughout the world and in our hearts.

We give thanks and pray for all the many blessings and gifts you O Lord have showered upon us this day remembering.

We give thanks and pray for those who are called to make peace and be peacemakers. 

We give thanks for all the acts of kindness that we showed to our family members. 

We pray that we may know what gratitude feels like deep with in our inner beings.

We pray and give thanks and pray for the healing of our bodies, minds, and spirits and we also pray for our family members who are ill that they may be lovingly cared for with love and compassion.

We pray and give thanks for our loved ones who now reside in the Thin Places and their contributions to our lives.  We remember this day especially for those who are in grief's long journey.

Help us O God to be more thoughtful and thankful each and every day.

Help us O God to be more thoughtful and loving to all of our family members who are homeless, hungry, and without adequate clothing. Help us to see You in them and that they may see you in us.

Help us O God to be agents of  proactive change in the world so that we may speak truth to power and be a voice for the voiceless. 

We pray especially for anything that is on our hearts and that you bring to our minds and thoughts this day remembering______________________.

Accept these our prayers in the Holy Name of Jesus. Amen.

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Have a blessed and restful night dear family. I love you! Tomorrow is Keeping the Faith Friday Fearlessly without Fretting. Remember this Always: Let us take care of ourselves so that God may use us to take care of others!

With Love and peace of mind,

Sara