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Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey To Joy (2009)

by Nancy Leigh DeMoss(Favorite Author)

4.31 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0802432522 (ISBN13: 9780802432520)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Moody Publishers

review 1: Choosing Gratitude—the title says it all. Our contentment stems from the choices we make. Even in times of stress, sickness, etc., we make choices on where to put our focus. Is it toward complaining? Fear? Anger? There’s a myriad of emotions we face, but facing them with a heart and core of gratitude is where we find peace.This book is engaging, powerful, and difficult to put down. I loved the stories the author shared to display the gratitude found even in extreme causes of distress. If we ‘teach’ ourselves to have a heart of gratitude, our outlooks, our relationships, our lives will be changed.I recommend this book. Not only to those going through difficult times, but for an everyday reminder that there are blessings in the most unexpected places.Cover: Love itTi... moretle: Love itPublisher: Moody PublishersPages: 239First Lines: Thank you! Those words were probably among the first you ever learned to say.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a Review Copy free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. The options I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255
review 2: I had not thought of myself as an ungrateful person, but reading this book showed me that I am not nearly as grateful as I should be. Nancy is open about her own struggles being grateful and so she encourages us to be more grateful as someone by our side and not as someone cracking a whip over us. It is convicting, in an encouraging kind of way. She makes you want to be more grateful because you see how much joy and blessing it brings to yourself and others. In the book she also shares some inspiring stories from the lives of others. It is easy to read and reads quickly.Some favorite quotes:"The grateful heart that springs forth in joy is not acquired in a moment; it is the fruit of a thousand choices. It is a godly habit and pattern that over time becomes a new muscle in our spiritual makeup.""Ungrateful people are much like a container that has a hole in it, leaking out every blessing that's been poured in, always needing something else, something new to consume for satisfaction fuel.""We are often quick to share our concerns with others, but all too reticent to share our expressions of gratitude.""Life is full of occasions that can be transformed from mere parties and pleasantries into deliberate moments of united gratitude."And there is much more where these came from! less

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