Worship Artistry Original: Grace and Gratitude

I've been focusing my worship sets on gratitude and have been surprised at the lack of songs that explicitely focus on thankfulness

A number of months ago, my lovely wife taped up a floor to ceiling piece of craft paper in our kitchen and titled it "Gifts We Have".

We proceeded to fill it with all the things we are grateful for. They ranged from the incredible (Lynn is cancer free) to the mundane (legos). My favorite was my seven-year-old's "The [Seattle] Seahawks and all they do for our country". We're on our second gift board now and it's incredible what keeping a perspective of gratitude does for the soul. It's not about thinking positively but about recognizing that our lives are filled with gifts from God.  

Over the past few weeks, I've been focusing my worship sets on gratitude and have been surprised at the lack of songs that explicitely focus on thankfulness. Worship songs are meant to express what God is doing in our community and when I can't find one to sing, I write one for us. So in the spirit of the season, I thought I'd share it with you. Maybe it will give your community an expression like it's given mine. It's called "Grace and Gratitude", download the chart an enjoy!

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