Gratitude lifts the spirit

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Right into the heavenly.  Did you know giving thanks could do that?  She told us, made us aware of it: "All is grace."  And now seems like I'm seeing it everywhere: Grace.  Gratitude.  Beauty.  Gifts...more abundantly.





Remember, "The difference is Christ in me, not a different set of circumstances." ~ Elisabeth Elliot

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