Deliberate Day of Thanksgiving

Ahhh, Friday, my favorite day of the week. Thank you, Lord, for giving me another Friday!

Fridays are my deliberate day of thanksgiving. I give thanks every day but make a point of taking time each Friday to reflect back on the week and list the ways I saw the Lord working in my life. It amazes me to count the little things He does that I might not recognize at the time as His handiwork. That's why I have a ‘deliberate day of thanksgiving.’

While this a wonderful time to acknowledge His works in my life, it's also the time I reflect on MY works that weren't so great; confessing the areas I may have stumbled and fell and acknowledging opportunities to show a more spirit-filled example but didn't.

So, to say it is a bittersweet experience is very accurate. It keeps me honest with myself though. First listing His mercy and handiwork, then confessing my weaknesses and sins, asking for forgiveness is a cleansing, refreshing time.

If you don't have such a specific time for doing that, you might try it and just see how the Lord draws you up close, kisses your wounds and smiles on you. This is one habit I will carry throughout the rest of my life.