As the Thanksgiving holiday continues our read today is from author Mark Batterson. It’s an excerpt from his book. Here’s a portion of the excerpt. Batterson has quite an idea.

Lora and I have each kept a gratitude journal for the better part of a decade.  We decided to start numbering our gratitudes every year with the goal of hitting a thousand.

Why is it so important to keep a gratitude journal? It’s the way we take inventory of the blessings of God. Then, and only then, are we able to flip those blessings and pass them on to others.

Read the entire column here.