{"id":318,"date":"2016-03-04T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.becominglisa.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2016-03-04T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T15:30:34","slug":"live-a-grateful-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becominglisa.com\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Live a grateful life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"319\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.becominglisa.com\/?attachment_id=319\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg?fit=280%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"280,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg?fit=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg?fit=280%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg?resize=224%2C300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg?w=280&amp;ssl=1 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>March 4, 2016<\/p>\n<p>God is always good! Even when reality is challenging &#8230;. We get to choose how we see things. I am so grateful that God chose me before he laid the foundation of the earth and knew my every day before he knit me together in my mothers womb!<\/p>\n<p>Ponder that &#8211; he knew that today I would be blessed to wake up slowly snuggled in a puppy pile with Bubby and Zeke. He knew I would see the sun shining through the trees making cool shadow patterns in our back yard. He knew the crispness in the air would be perfect for a walk. No matter what you face today &#8211; find gratitude!<\/p>\n<p>Gratitude\u00a0is one of the best gifts God gave us &#8230; When I\u00a0embrace gratefulness, \u00a0I am immediately drawn back into the presence of God. \u00a0And anything is possible with God! \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t matter what I need, if I can find gratitude, I can courage simply because I am standing in the presence of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 4, 2016 God is always good! Even when reality is challenging &#8230;. We get to choose how we see things. I am so grateful that God chose me before he laid the foundation of the earth and knew my every day before he knit me together in my mothers womb! 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