Have You Thanked God Today?

By Pearline Wells-Johns

Have You Thanked God Today? challenges gratitude by encouraging a profound reflection into the consciousness of what may have been taken for granted during daily life. The challenge is to find something to be thankful for daily by changing the perception of gratitude.

Have You Thanked God Today? focuses on thought-provoking poems and journal pages for recording moments of gratitude.

Join the challenge!
Have you thanked God today?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796040340

Pearline Wells-Johns

Pearline Wells-Johns is a retired Purchasing Specialist for the United States Postal Service. She is a lifetime Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.), a lifetime certified Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (A.P.P.), an active parishioner of St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, and an aspiring event and wedding planner. Her compassion for the homeless led to an opportunity to work with the House of Ruth, a nonprofit that tries to keep families from becoming homeless. It was there she experienced a pivotal moment that changed her to live a life of gratitude. Ms. Wells-Johns has been writing poetry for 30 years. She has received numerous awards and accolades for her poetry. Recently, she received the Poet’s Award for her poem “Sunshine”. When she is not writing, she enjoys sewing, crafting, learning Spanish and sign language.

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Copyright © 2019 by Pearline Wells-Johns.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-7960-4033-3

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Rev. date: 06/12/2019

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CONTENTS

Introduction

MORNING

Teach Me To Be Thankful

Reflection:

Morning

Reflection:

Sunshine

Reflection:

Just For Today

Reflection:

Psalm 95

Random Gratitude

MID-MORNING

Spring

Reflection:

Prayer For The Driver

Reflection:

Always Give Thanks

Reflection:

Those Three Little Words

Reflection:

Psalm 100

Random Gratitude

EVENING

Rainbow

Reflection:

Ways to Jump Start Gratitude

Reflection:

God Reigns

Reflection:

Thank You God for Saving Me

Reflection:

Psalm 138

Random Gratitude

NIGHT

Jesus Loves Me

Reflection:

Sunset

Reflection:

Did You Thank God Today?

Reflection:

Thank You God At Days End

Reflection:

When You Are Stressed And Cannot Sleep

Reflection:

I Am So Thankful

GRATITUDE ENRICHMENT

Commitment Page

Jesus Gave Thanks - We also should give thanks.

Thankful Scriptures

Conclusion

This book is

dedicated to my sister, Doris, without her persistence of me