Gratitude Builds Trust

By Ashley Wells, on March 18th, 2011

I’ve mentioned before that I’m going through One Thousand Gifts with the Bloom (in)courage ladies, let me just say that this book and these videos are changing my life!

I’m a little behind…but when I watched the Chapter 8 video I was struck with a practical implication that this process is having on my life, I am seeing it daily, growing.

Ann says, “Gratitude builds trust.”

I am learning to trust in the Lord. Trust is a hard thing. Trust is something that I am sure I am going to struggle with my whole life.

But, these gifts, this counting, it is helping me to build my trust.

Through this counting, I am constantly preaching to myself that…

God is faithful.

God is good.

God provides.

God blesses.

God is trust.

God is here.

It is so easy to loose sight of these truths in the daily grind of life, in the difficult, in the trials.

But, God is there with you. He is carrying you through. He will see you on the other side.

We can trust in Him. He is worthy of our trust.

I was just writing to a friend about what has been happening in my life:

Honestly, I have been lacking trust lately. It has been so hard to continue on and press forward in spite of no tangible progress. However, today I am encouraged. I know that God has AMAZING plans for us, plans that I just need to wait a little bit longer for. He is completely trustworthy and worthy of praise. I am continuing to remind myself these things each day, even when it is hard.

It is during these hard times that He is carrying me through. I’m sure I could succumb to these feelings and not be able to get out of bed. However, God is giving me the strength to press forward and serve Him while I wait.

Although some days it is so hard, I know that this time and the past five years has been teaching me to trust in God and believe that He has plans for my life, and be able to trust Him for the timing.

I truly believe that this process of counting gifts and practicing gratitude is helping this change to happen in my life!