Blessings Archives

Gratitude in Small Places

A mother celebrates small moments, the joy of sitting with her young sons in the family driveway, drawing with chalk. “When gratitude swells,” she says, “my worries shrink.”

Is Family a Gift?

By Pablo Diaz2 min read

Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa says, “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”

When God places big dreams in your heart.

God Puts Big Dreams in Our Hearts

By Michelle Medlock Adams3 min read

What are you believing from God today? Has He shown you a glimpse of your future? Has He placed big dreams in your heart—dreams you’ve never shared with anyone for fear they’d mock you? If He has, begin praising Him.

Diana's miracles list that she wrote down lat year.

The Miracles That Didn’t Happen

By Diana Aydin2 min read

I’m not giving up on those 12 miracles I wrote down last year. God’s working on them behind the scenes. In the meantime, I’m going to make a new list to open in 2016. Not to measure my progress. But so I can see how God surprises me!

Our spiritual gifts are given to us by God.

Using Our Spiritual Gifts to Help Others

By Shawnelle Eliasen2 min read

Isn’t this how we grow? By stretching? By pressing a little hard? By leaning into our talents and abilities and gifts and stepping forward into who we were made to be?

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

By Rick Hamlin3 min read

Give us this day our daily bread? I find myself praying it, thinking of those for whom their daily bread is not to be taken for granted. It’s not just me and mind, it’s ours.

What’s a Miracle? You Tell Us.

By Diana Aydin1 min read

When we asked you, our readers, to tell us what defines a miracle, the answers varied, but all were personal.

Judi Blankenbaker at a recent Guideposts Foundation event at Phoenix Children's Hospital.

An Appreciation from the Peale Family

By Katie Allen Berlandi3 min read

Through Guideposts’ written materials others can learn how to think about faith in new ways; how to face personal problems, fear and challenges; and how attitude and mindset can be our greatest tools in living full, gratifying and giving lives.

10 Ways to Stay Husband and Wife for Life

By Michelle Cox1 min read

It’s beautiful to see young love in bloom, to see excitement and dreams for the future in the eyes of the bridal couple. But to me, it’s even more beautiful to see old love in bloom—the marriages that have withstood the test of time.