I was extra-blessed this past week to receive a free copy of One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp. The copy was part of a give-away by Day Spring. Thank you!
The book is accompanied by a series of interviews with the author, and yesterday I watched the trailer and the introduction interview.
The trailer blew me away. It was exactly what I would expect from reading Ann's blog, full, rich, with beautiful pictures. I didn't want to miss a bit of it. And it hit me hard "Life is not an emergency". Instead, it's made up of moments. Gifts from God, these moments are, strung together into a love song, made so that I would notice them, realize that I'm loved by God Himself, and respond in thanksgiving and return love. Yes, yes. It's so true. It's me that is hurried, rushed, and simply blind to these moments. And it's because I live life as an emergency.
How can I change? How can I stop being too busy to notice? Or, at least, if I notice, too busy to take the time to stop, catalog these, and say the simplest and meagerest of "Thank You" to the Creator God.
That's where I am right now. Living life in emergency. I want that to change.
In the introduction interview with Ann, I was struck by how human she is. She's nervous, almost flighty. Not as put together as she is in writing (fancy that). And thin (after six kids!). I can relate to her (except the thin part). I suspect she's even close to my age, though her kids are older than mine (I married quite a bit later than she did). Thanks for being relate-able Ann!
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