The Blessings Jar
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“I find jar.”
He said it repeatedly, in his serious, emphatic way. And of course, the f’s and j’s are a bit hard to understand from a two-year-old’s little lips, so it took a few moments before I could interpret his sentence.
Context always helps. And we’d just read The Blessings Jar out loud for the third or fourth time. I finally realized that he’d gotten the gist of the story: find a jar, put little things in it that remind you of blessings in your life, and be thankful.
Or at least, he’d gotten the jar part.
And so he and his sisters improvised. I wasn’t willing to hand out glass Mason jars, considering my concrete floor and all, but they found big plastic measuring cups from their play kitchen and designated them their jars. And they raced around the house picking up anything and everything they deemed a blessing—mostly, toys that would fit in said measuring cups.
Maybe their application was a bit off, but the principle was there. “We’re finding blessings, Mommy!” my girls repeated excitedly as they bounced around. And in the process, at least a few toys were fished out from under the couch and behind the rocking chair, so Mommy was seeing the blessings in the blessings jars, too.
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In Colleen’ Coble’s book The Blessings Jar: A Story About Being Thankful, it’s a little girl named “Punky Grace” who is having a grumpy morning. Grammy’s solution was “the blessings jar” which ended up being filled with everything from a tree leaf to a bookmark as Punky Grace chronicled the blessings she was given throughout the day. And of course, being so busy looking for blessings chased her grumpies away.
It’s a simple children’s board book, but it’s memorable story shows little ones how to begin now—before they can even read or write—to begin counting the One Thousand Gifts.
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A weekend at home and getting lots done!
That sounds delightful! 馃檪
I agree! Especially when it’s been crazy busy. I even scrubbed the grout in our bathroom floor. (And I haven’t done that once in the 3 1/2 years we’ve lived here.) Hope you are feeling better and if not still enjoying good books. 馃檪
Haha well I am certainly not having a grout-scrubbing kind of productive weekend, but I’m doing my best to rest up and get better so I can be productive again! 馃檪
I’m thankful for my wonderful little family. 馃檪
I’m thankful to be mommy to my 3 little blessings!
I have 3 little blessings of my own who could benefit from this story!
I have 3 little blessings of my own that would love (and benefit from) this book.
I am so thankful for my husband. But even more than that, I’m thankful for the Trinity and how each person in the Trinity does their work in my life. God is walking me through something HUGE right now, and I’m at peace knowing He is there.
A blessing I’m thankful for today….none of the kids, or me, had lice on their heads.
{Don’t even ask, unless you really want to know}
I’m thankful for frappuchinos and Skype video-calls, the love of my life and our little boy who gives snuggle-tickles till we need a time-out 馃槈
I’m thankful I was able to go for a bike ride this evening, with my husband and 2 year old, and NOT sneeze the whole time. I’m trying a new allergy medication, and it’s actually allowing me to ENJOY summer!
thankful for BOOKS of all kinds…thousands of them lining the walls of our home
we can all use reminders to be grateful….looks like a cute book
that I have a close knit family
I’m thankful for my family. And pineapple. Air conditioner, too. 馃檪
my family!