You’re trying to be thankful for what you have and who’s in your life, but more glaring is what’s missing. Who wasn’t there. Who doesn’t actually know you. Who hurt you on purpose. Whose words told you that you can’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t.

Can we talk about it? Because if that’s you feeling all mixed up inside because isn’t a gratitude challenge supposed to make you feel better, it’s not time to bottle it all up.

We push away the hard memories as if they can collect so much dust in the recesses of our minds that we won’t recognize them. Wear our happy faces and only tell the things that are good and well in our lives.

But it’s exhausting, isn’t it?

I know because I’ve got memories too that take me to bittersweet places. Scars that are still healing. Ones I remember every time I bake sourdough.

 

Links mentioned:

1. Get the prompts for the Thank Somebody Challenge HERE! I'll send them with directions.
2. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, HERE. If you want the rest it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living challenge (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional.
3. Read the written version of this episode HERE.