{"id":743,"date":"2025-10-23T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:50:21","slug":"my-grateful-heart-well-mostly-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/23\/my-grateful-heart-well-mostly-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"My Grateful Heart, Well Mostly Grateful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa here,<\/p><div id=\"vanes-2254221927\" class=\"vanes-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-right: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: 2px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/fireswordandsea.htm\" aria-label=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?fit=1706%2C2560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1706&ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"569\" height=\"853\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>My phone rings every hour on the hour, in spite of the pile of work on my desk. Grumbling, I still find gratitude in my spirit.<\/p>\n<p><em>At least, I have a good cellular connection. At least, someone seeks and values my opinion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The deadlines, I thought sufficiently spaced, all collide. Worrying, I search for gratitude in my spirit.<\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ll sleep next week knowing I&#8217;ve accomplished much. It shall be sweet sleep.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to my many jobs, now I shall be a chauffeur carrying my child to her summer camps.\u00a0 Frustrated, I\u00a0sing a worship song to\u00a0stir up\u00a0gratitude in my spirit. I&#8217;m\u00a0off-key but free in Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sCeP6bzx7xU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Moreover, gas prices have come down by fifty cents. The look of joy on my daughter&#8217;s face as she learns something new is priceless.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My husband deployed Sunday, his 4<sup>th<\/sup> deployment in 18 months. Lonely, I hope to find gratitude and understanding in my spirit.<\/p>\n<p><em>He loves his job, fighting for America. Pride for him swells in my heart.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I need a referral for a referral to see my doctor. Pacing, I&#8217;m chanting to saturate my spirit with gratitude.<\/p>\n<p><em>At least, my family has health care.\u00a0 At least, they don&#8217;t need a lot of blood for a cholesterol check. Well, I hope they don&#8217;t.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My shade of lipstick has been discontinued. My shade.\u00a0 I&#8217;m done. All is lost.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nothing but <a href=\"http:\/\/missdspraline.com\" target=\"_blank\">Miss D&#8217;s <\/a>New Orleans Style Caramel Popcorn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After binging, I seek true nonfattening spiritual comfort food.<\/p>\n<p>Colossians 3:10-11,15-17, King James Version<\/p>\n<p><sup>10 <\/sup>And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:<\/p>\n<p><sup>11 <\/sup>Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.<\/p>\n<p><sup>15 <\/sup>And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.<\/p>\n<p><sup>16 <\/sup>Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p><sup>17 <\/sup>And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.<\/p>\n<p>May you find your heart thankful today for your many blessings. Let your spirit sing that the valleys of despair are not too deep. Be emboldened to climb every mountain.<\/p>\n<p>May a smidgeon of gratitude, for everything, find its home in you.<\/p>\n<p id=\"rop\"><small>Originally posted 2012-06-01 10:00:00. <\/small><\/p><div id=\"vanes-3781363706\" class=\"vanes-after-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 3px;margin-right: 3px;margin-bottom: 3px;margin-left: 3px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?fit=1080%2C1350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Listen to the Write of Passage Weekly Podcast\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?w=1080&ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=819%2C1024&ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"540\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa here, My phone rings every hour on the hour, in spite of the pile of work on my desk. Grumbling, I still find gratitude in my spirit. At least, I have a good cellular connection. At least, someone seeks and values my opinion. The deadlines, I thought sufficiently spaced, all collide. Worrying, I search [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,21,71,80],"tags":[576],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-devotion","category-faith","category-gratitude","tag-gratitude"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":886,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions\/886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}