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One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
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One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

Written by Ann Voskamp

Narrated by Ann Voskamp

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More than 1.5 million copies sold! What if you discovered that the life you already have is the life you’ve always wanted? What if joy is possible right where you are? New York Times bestselling author Ann Voskamp invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative journey of chronicling God's gifts.

How can you find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and even the death of loved ones? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long, and sometimes even dark? How is God even here?

“It is in the dark that God is passing by . . . our lives shake not because God has abandoned but the exact opposite. God is passing by. God is in the tremors. Dark is the holiest ground, the glory passing by. In the blackest, God is closest, at work, forging His perfect and right will. Though it is black and we can’t see and our world seems to be free-falling and we feel utterly alone, Christ is most present to us...”

In One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp invites you to discover a way of seeing that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace, a way of living that is fully alive, and a way of becoming present to God that brings deep and lasting joy. It's only in the expression of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted . . . a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. Come to feel and know the impossible right down in your bones: you are wildly loved by God.

As Ann invites you into her own beautiful, heart-aching moments of amazing grace, she gently teaches you how to:

  • Biblically lament loss and turn pain into poetry
  • Intentionally embrace a lifestyle of radical gratitude
  • Slow down and catch God in the moment

Not a book merely to read, One Thousand Gifts is an invitation to engage with truths that will serve up the depths of God’s joy and transform your life forever. Leave pride, fear, and control behind, and abandon yourself to the God who overflows your cup.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherThomas Nelson
Release dateJan 24, 2011
ISBN9780310412366
Author

Ann Voskamp

Ann Voskamp is the wife of a farmer, mama to seven, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Broken Way, The Greatest Gift, Unwrapping the Greatest Gift, and the sixty-week New York Times bestseller One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Named by Christianity Today as one of fifty women most shaping culture and the church today, Ann knows unspoken broken, big country skies, and an intimacy with God that touches tender places.  Cofounder of ShowUpNow.com, Ann is a passionate advocate for the marginalized and oppressed around the globe, partnering with Mercy House Global, Compassion International, and artisans around the world through her fair trade community, Grace Crafted Home. She and her husband took a leap of faith to restore a 125-year-old stone church into The Village Table—a place where everyone has a seat and belongs. Join the journey at www.annvoskamp.com or instagram/annvoskamp.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    "A beautifully practical guide to living a life of joy, One Thousand Gifts invites you to wake up to God's everyday blessings." "...grace-bathed reflections on her farming, parenting, and writing life, you will embark on a transformative spiritual discipline of chronicling gifts. Along the way, you will discover a way of seeing that opens your eyes to gratitude, a way of living so you are not afraid to die, and a way of becoming present to God's presence that brings deep and lasting happiness."I love the way this lady writes. If you are an outdoors lover, it will appeal to you as well.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    "One Thousand Gifts
    beckons you to leave the parched ground of pride, fear, and white-knuckle control and abandon yourself to the God who overflows your cup.
    It invites you to wake up to God's everyday blessings,
    and discover, as Ann did,
    that in giving thanks for the life you already have,
    you find the life you've always wanted." ~ dayspring


    Here's a book needing a slow swirl to savour both fragrance and flavour... take that sip, close your eyes to capture nuances and absorb depths of richness uncommon to the spiritual palate...
    a welcome addition to this reader's library ~
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Awesome inspirational reading.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I have been changed by the truths, poetically told in this book.I challenge you to let your life be invaded by a new vision that will bring you closer to God.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved this book. With beautiful details, Ann gives you glimpses into her life as a homeschooling mom of 6, married to a farmer, and how her life has been transformed from depression to gratitude for all God's gifts. Inspiring and challenging. I definitely recommend this, especially to mom seeking God in their daily lives.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Beautiful writing, encouraging and convicting. I highly recommend this book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    One Thousand Gifts contains a lot of excellent perspective. I found some of the word pictures to be a bit too much.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I am torn about how to review this book. I found it difficult to read, due to the writing style and in particular the author's idiosyncratic use (and non-use!) of the definite and indefinite articles. It generally read as though she was writing poetry, with varying degrees of success. References to members of her family as "Man-Boy" and "the Farmer" etc grated on me too. However, many of her thoughts, practices and the quotations from ancient mystics were very helpful to me, even if the theological leaps she took to get to them seemed to me to be exactly that - leaps. I have started my own list of one thousand gifts and the concept that "all is grace" will stick with me. She talks about difficult, important questions and this book made me think.