A grateful heart

By Margie Kirkland

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805455477
• ISBN13: 9780805455472
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Broadman Press
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Awesome book!

Like I said this is an awesome book!! I finally bought it after borrowing it from my church library for 2 months!! This is one book that will not collect dust in your book shelf. I keep it on my bed and flip through it whenever possible, and everything in it just makes you stop and think. It's full of really good poetry and prayers (meditations). One of these days my family should start using it before meals. It's a great idea to discuss it through the meal.

Wonderful antidote to rote prayer

We've all heard about the road to hell... My own personal hell is canned grace and I vowed I would teach my kids to speak their thanks for the food before them from the heart. Nope, no rote prayers in our house. Well it took about two weeks before they were lisping "Thank you for the food we're gonna eat," as fast as they could speak the words and in singsong just to make it worse. Then enters The Grateful Heart. What a wonderful difference! The short, profound selections come from all over the world, from all faiths. We take turns, one reading per meal. Often the selection leads to discussions far more interesting than what used to be why we're having carrots or spinach AGAIN. And quite frequently, spontaneously, one of the children concludes the reading with the words "Thank you." Which is the point of grace to begin with.