{"id":1175,"date":"2015-12-04T19:53:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T01:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T20:04:57","slug":"celebrating-immanuel-god-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/12\/04\/celebrating-immanuel-god-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Immanuel &#8211; God With Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12415-Immanuel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1178\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12415-Immanuel-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"12:4:15 Immanuel\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12415-Immanuel-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12415-Immanuel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12415-Immanuel-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12415-Immanuel.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>by Lydia Floren<\/p>\n<p>I made a new friend at a conference last summer, a writer named Letitia Suk. \u00a0In her wonderful book <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rhythms of Renewal<\/span>, \u00a0Tish mentioned her practice of recording a few things everyday in a thanksgiving journal. \u00a0I was inspired. \u00a0I started a thanksgiving journal of my own. \u00a0(I\u2019m still a bit spotty, but the habit is taking hold.)<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned last week, it is easy for me to forget to actually give thanks TO God. \u00a0In the same way, I can also neglect to give thanks FOR God. \u00a0Like the prodigal and his brother, in focusing on the Father\u2019s gifts, I can overlook His greatest gift: \u00a0Himself.<\/p>\n<p>So I have an idea for advent: \u00a0each time I write in my thanksgiving journal, I will try to include at least one attribute of God that I am particularly thankful for. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you Father, for\u2028<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Your kindness<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Your wisdom\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Your sense of humor<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Your beauty<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Your grace\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Your strength\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Your consistency<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Your faithfulness<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Thank you for the ways I have seen You and known You more this year<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanking God for Himself. \u00a0 What a wonderful way to celebrate Immanuel &#8211; God with us!<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful way of welcoming in advent!<\/p>\n<p>Share with us: \u00a0What qualities of God are you particularly thankful for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lydia Floren I made a new friend at a conference last summer, a writer named Letitia Suk. \u00a0In her wonderful book Rhythms of Renewal, \u00a0Tish mentioned her practice of recording a few things everyday in a thanksgiving journal. \u00a0I was inspired. \u00a0I started a thanksgiving journal of my own. \u00a0(I\u2019m still a bit spotty, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[466],"tags":[469,352,24],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finding-gods-love","tag-quotes","tag-christmas","tag-thankfulness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebrating Immanuel - God With Us - Belovedlove<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Immanuel - God with us! 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