Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskampis the author of the New York Times Bestseller, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, published by Zondervan...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 August 1973
CountryCanada
Where ever you are be all there
blessing bridges
Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held.
regret worry live-in-the-present
Wherever you are, be all there." I have lived the runner, panting ahead in worry, pounding back in regrets, terrified to live in the present, because here-time asks me to do the hardest of all: just open wide and receive.
earth faces firsts
But wells don't come without first begging to see the wells; wells don't come without first splitting open hard earth, cracking back the lids. There's no seeing God face-to-face without first the ripping.
today
Manna today or I starve.
fighting feelings way
The only way to fight a feeling is with a feeling.
thanksgiving stress worry
Are stress and worry evidence of a soul too lazy, too undisciplined, to keep gaze fixed on God?
giving leaving want
They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to find fullest time... the busyness of your life leaving little room for the source of your life... God gives us time. And who has time for God? Which makes no sense.
giving joy thanks
God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.
gratitude hard-times matter
Gratitude is not only a response to God in good times - it's ultimately the very will of God in hard times. Gratitude isn't only a celebration when good things happen. It's a declaration that God is good no matter what happens.
swallowing complacency bears
Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.
grace enough
Grace is the only thing that is ever enough.
gratitude stressful-situations blindness
Learning slowly to not be so reactionary while inserting verbal gratitude into stressful situations is almost like being healed of mental blindness.
real flaws truth-love
Real Love truthfully sees the flaws - and still really loves fully.