The phone rang.  It was my friend Annette.  She had been going through a rough time.  “I feel so alone,” she said.  “I’ve even lost God and don’t know how to find him.”  I’d felt the same way once, and told Annette how making a gratitude list had helped.  “Write down the numbers one through fifty down the side of a piece of paper,” I explained.  “Then go back and count the things you’re thankful for.  And remember, it’s not the things you’re supposed to be thankful for, but the things you really are thankful for.”  “Okay then, I’ll give it a try,” Annette said, hanging up.  Not long after, the phone rang again.  It was Annette.  “I found him!” she exclaimed joyfully.
– Lora Clark

Now I’m not sure who Lora Clark is, but this was part of my devotional reading this morning. It sounds selfish to say I don’t have time to do this today, but if I gave myself 10 a day, I should be able to do it by Friday. For me the purpose would be to glorify God and to realize how much I have to be thankful for. This would also be an interesting thing to record periodically and compare, so that I could have another way to see how God is working in my life.