Hashtag # Give Thanks

It was Friday, November 20, that our LDS President Russell M. Nelson gave a 11-minute videotaped presentation on, "The healing power of gratitude."  He told us,"that counting our blessings is far better than recording our problems, no matter our situation, that showing gratitude for our privileges is a unique, fast-acting and long-lasting spiritual prescriptions." In Thessalonians 5:10 we read "In everything give thanks," then he went to say, "Gratitude provides us with a greater perspective on the very purpose and joy of life." 

President Nelson ended this video with encouragement to us to, "unite in thanking God with gratitude through daily prayer," he then bowed his head and offered a prayer of thanksgiving and gratitude, for us, for all to hear.

This month as we celebrate Thanksgiving, President Nelson asked us to use social media for the next 7 days using the hashtag #Give Thanks.  "Post everyday about what you are grateful for, who you are grateful for and why you are grateful," he said.  By expressing and recognizing our thankfulness and gratefulness on social media, this would be a beginning or a page in ones personal journal of gratitude.

I have thought about this video so often, but as I'm not that savvy with technology, I had no idea what a "hashtag" was and how to us it, but I did enjoy reading the posts on facebook and enjoyed reading what my family and friends have posted. Thinking about this, I do need to learn how to work this thing called "hashtag," but that's for another day.

At this time of the year and with the holidays upon us, it's the time that our hearts turn to our families and feelings of gratitude engulfs our soul and our hearts with thanksgiving and of blessing that we enjoy.

How thankful I am for the message we received from President Nelson with the Hashtag, "Give Thanks," may we remember to give thanks for our blessings and also to those who bless our lives with the things they say and the things they do for us and then lets add that to our Gratitude Journal of "Give Thanks."