According to research people who are intentionally grateful for what they have report better sleep fewer symptoms of illness and more happiness Those are impressive benefits Psychologists even suggest keeping a ldquo gratitude journal rdquo to improve our well-being writing down five things we rsquo re grateful for each week Scripture has long promoted the practice of gratitude From meals and marriage Timothy - to the beauties of creation Psalm the Bible has called us to see such things as gifts and to thank the Giver for them Psalm lists five things Israel could be especially grateful for their rescue [... more]

My three-year old son Xavier squeezed my hand as we entered the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California Pointing to a life-size sculpture of a humpback whale suspended from the ceiling he said ldquo Enormous rdquo His wide-eyed joy continued as we explored each exhibit We laughed as the otters splish-splashed during feeding time We stood in silence in front of a large glass aquarium window mesmerized by the golden-brown jellyfish dancing in the electric blue water ldquo God made every creature in the ocean rdquo I said ldquo just like He made you and me rdquo Xavier whispered ldquo Wow [... more]

Dr Nathan Crockett continues the series entitled Our Great God The scripture is Psalm The post Creation The God Who Made Everything appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

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Leisa wanted a way to redeem the season So many of the autumn decorations she saw seemed to celebrate death sometimes in gruesome and macabre ways nbsp Determined to counter the darkness in some small way Leisa began to write things she was grateful for with a permanent marker on a large pumpkin ldquo Sunshine rdquo was the first item Soon visitors were adding to her list Some entries were whimsical ldquo doodling rdquo for instance Others were practical ldquo a warm house rdquo ldquo a working car rdquo Still others were poignant like the name of a departed loved [... more]

ldquo I know where God lives rdquo our four-year-old grandson told my wife Cari ldquo Where is that rdquo she asked her curiosity piqued ldquo He lives in the woods beside your house rdquo he answered When Cari told me about their conversation she wondered what prompted his thinking ldquo I know rdquo I responded ldquo When we went for a walk in the woods during his last visit I told him that even though we can rsquo t see God we can see the things He rsquo s done rdquo ldquo Do you see the footprints I rsquo m [... more]