Name them one by one

In His presence is fullness of joy... F U L L N E S S...  I have been thinking about this lately - how difficult things come and the older you get, the more you need to cling to this joy, His joy, true joy.  Not letting the hardening of disappointment, failures, hurts push you away from this life-giving zone.

I was listening to Joyce Meyer talk about the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt, and I wondered whether I would be walking with Joshua in faith or grumbling with the others... she went on to speak on thanksgiving.  Then yesterday.... like a continuing daisy chain, I read Psalm 92 which begins 'IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS'.  Give thanks... recognising His presence in all things.  This is good -nothing is 'just cause' but a beautiful gift from the giver Himself.  It's an anointing of fresh oil... eyes see and ears hear - because you are wide awake... looking and listening, to name it, to thank Him for it. 

Becca and I will be naming in November... keeping a GRATEFUL log of all things great and
small. 

As the famous hymn by Johnson Oatman goes:
'When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.'