Gift #51
I have only known of Ann Voskamp for a few short months but I feel her impact on my life everyday.
I had never been to her amazing blog before, never heard of her book but happened across her blog link through a comment on an online article. Am I glad I clicked that link!
Her words flow from her heart so eloquently. She’s real, not ideal.
“…I wake to the discontent of life in my skin. I wake to self-hatred. To the wrestle to get it all done, the relentless anxiety that I am failing. Always, the failing. I yell at children, fester with bitterness, forget doctor appointments, lose library books, live selfishly, skip prayer, complain, go to bed too late, neglect cleaning the toilets. I live tired. Afraid. Anxious. Weary. Years, I feel it in the veins, the pulsing of ruptured hopes.” ~Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts
So of course I had to read her book, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are.
She had me in the first line…
“A glowing sun-orb fills an August sky the day this story begins, the day I am born, the day I begin to live.” ~Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts
She had me crying the first chapter!
And by the end of the book I realize that, indeed, things miraculous and things mundane are beautiful gifts from God.
I don’t currently own the book {I borrowed it from a friend} but I will definitely be buying it so I can read it over and over!
Hence,
gift #51!
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