God Is In The Small Answers - The One Year Daily Acts of Gratitude Devotional

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.

I sat one morning flipping through my journal. Having a few extra moments, I decided to skim back over the past year, reminding myself of all that we had gone through as a family. As I looked through the pages, I was unexpectedly reminded of all the little ways God had shown up for our family and other loved ones throughout those months.

Prayers for family members facing illness, a friend needing wisdom regarding buying a new house, a child desiring a good friend—all things I would easily have forgotten about had I not jotted down just a few sentences each day, unintentionally charting the course of our lives through its ebbs and flows.

As I read back through each answered prayer, my heart filled with gratitude to God for his faithfulness in so many little details of our lives. I was also struck by how easily I could forget all he had done. I decided to take just a moment to thank God for the answers I hadn’t even remembered, and I determined to continue writing down even the smallest of things, so as never to forget.

Keeping a record of our lives and prayers is one way to see how our faith is lived out in what we hope for and yet do not see. When we can look back and remember all the ways God has been faithful to us, our faith will continue to grow, and our gratitude will increase. We will be encouraged to continue bringing all things we currently face to God in prayer because we can see how he has shown up in the past. Don’t dismiss the small prayers that God answers; they add up to a whole lot of faith.

Kendra

Today’s Act of Gratitude

Begin to record the small and large prayer requests you bring to God daily, weekly, or even monthly. Look back and thank him for what he has done.