Gratitude is all about perspective. Are we willing to widen our gaze to see what unexpected blessings came along this year? Or are we going to remain focused on the disappointment and unmet expectations? Are we willing to dig a little deeper to identify all that we can to thank the Lord for? Or are we going to hold onto our surface perspective, zoning in on what we wish didn’t happen this year?

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At first glance, I’m sure many of us can agree that 2020 hasn’t been the best year yet. The difficulties and struggles might look a little different for each of us, but the overarching themes of hardship, loneliness, division, and pain are woven throughout many of our stories this year. There is so much we had to do that we didn’t want to do. And there were many things we had been looking forward to doing that were either altered, postponed, or cancelled all together. Needless to say, we were discouraged and disheartened a lot in 2020.

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