Our Gratitude Jar: Celebrate Thanksgiving with 25 Days of Gratitude
Last year, we started a new tradition that our kids are already asking about: Our Gratitude Jar. We cut pretty paper into strips and each day starting November 1, every one of us writes one thing we are thankful for. We found a jar lying around our house and tied twine around the handle for a simple decoration, and you can do the same. By the time Thanksgiving comes, our gratitude jar is full and so are our hearts as we celebrate Thanksgiving and begin the season of celebrating the birth of our Savior! From our family to yours, we challenge you to do this every day in November and feel the fullness of your heart by Thanksgiving. Don’t worry if you miss a day- you can catch up! You will be amazed at all you can come up with to be thankful for! We ALL have been given much, and when we celebrate what God has graciously given us, the discontent and insatiable appetite for more fades, and we focus more on what we can do for others. This prepares our children, and ourselves, for the coming season of Christmas. As we have opportunities to give, we do so more freely, out of our gratitude and thankfulness.
