Eucharisteo

So I have on my wall in huge colourful letters the word
Eucharisteo made by my lovely arty soul sista!
Everyone whoever sits for a while in our lounge eventually looks up and looks at the letters and says " why do you have that word up there" and I tell them " The word is where thanksgiving comes from and it reminds me to be thankful!!
For those who know me well know that  I am a fan of  Ann Voskamps book 10,000 gifts this is who introduced me to the word and it's meaning and got me to start listing all that I was thankful for and boy it changes your life!!!

“Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You are.

Finding joy in the smallest thing, thanking god for everything makes you view the world so differently and makes you realise how rich you are!

This last month I was told that I most probable won't run again and will always have a swollen leg and my veins will not go back to the way they were, yes I was shocked and sad but I as I have processed it I have started to be thankful for my toes!!! the consultant said Two other ladies who had the same May Thurners Syndrome as me had both lost their toes!! My thankful list started to grow as I thought, I am walking! A month ago I couldn't do that! I am walking without a stick two weeks ago I couldn't do that!!

I can now drive!!!! well that's because of a kind and generous church member who bought a automatic car and has given me it for a year!! Then the wonderful church family paid for the insurance!!  all this so I could start my job as a Gap year coordinator for Youth for Christ!

The list gets longer I start my job and I am assigned an amazing group of young Americans who love god love each other and work so well together and even laugh at my quirky humour!!!! god knows what He is doing, and when we thank Him our lives become richer.

So what are you thankful for start your list once you start you will be amazed at how much God had blessed you with !