Hey, hey, hey!

Happy Tuesday, friends. Today we are going to dig a little deep here at Invisible Crowns. I plan (and want!) to share more posts like this in the future, but be patient with me. Sharing the deep stuff can be hard and scary but we are going to give it a go!

At church this past Sunday, I had what we in my family call a God wink. (aka a sign that Jesus is basically standing right in front of you talking to you). I was sitting there, happy to be in church and ready to dig in when the preacher starts to speak and I began to feel like the only person in the room. He asked us to talk with the person next to us about whether or not we are complainers. My response, “I’m queen of all complainers”. Which was basically like eating my words after I had been “complaining” to my sweet boy all morning. He then started to speak to us about how complaining and being cranky and sarcastic are essentially pride masking complaining. And you know what that does for us??? It steals our JOY. 

Where is the fun in that? Who wants to be a joyless person?? Not this girl. But guess what?? I complain. I am cranky. Sarcasm is my second (or first) language. I was born with a look of concern on my face. I was literally BORN cranky. And it is killing me. My want to be in control and think I know best and complain about anything and everything has completely stolen so much joy from my life. But the funny thing is, I would say I am pretty happy. I had an incredible childhood and upbringing, I live in a beautiful home and city, I have wonderful people around. But all I could think was, “Imagine what it could be like!” If I am this happy when I have not been focused on living a grateful life, imagine what it could be like if I were. 

Just imagine.

Then it struck me, God had already started moving this idea around in my heart before I even stepped foot in church that day. I had thought about starting a hashtag for a while and a few weeks back, an idea struck. I spend a lot of time focusing on the negative but not enough time thinking about all of the good things in my life. So I started the hashtag #chroniclesofagratefulheart , where I simply share an image and add in the caption what I am grateful for in that day or moment. Yes, the hashtag is lengthy. No, I have not done it every day. But I am trying. And honestly, isn’t that what is important? I am an imperfect person loved by a perfect yet forgiving Father. The goal is to try and get out of the Wilderness and to the Promised Land. You’re never going to get there unless you try. 

So here I am. Trying. I would love for you to try with me. Here’s my challenge to you, post something you are grateful for on twitter or instagram and use #chroniclesofagratefulheart to we can all praise the Lord together. It doesn’t have to be every day, just try. How cool would that be??!