Do you preserves fruits and vegetables, jams and jellies? We can preserve all sorts of foods, but why not preserve the blessings too? Use this “Blessing Jar” to count your blessings in the new year. It’s so easy. Starting January 1st, write down any good thing that happens to you or your family on small Post-its or scraps of paper. Write whenever they happen, it doesn’t have to be every day, or sometimes it might be several times a day! Write just enough to jog your memory: you only need a few words and a few seconds of time. Fold them up and “preserve” them in your Blessing Jar.* surprise gifts
* accomplished goals
* the beauty of nature
* "LOL" moments
* memories to save
* daily blessings!
Then choose a holiday at the end of 2015 —like Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s Eve. Open your jar and see what the Lord did for you throughout the year! Continue this habit and soon you’ll have a jar for each year.
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| This is my 2014 Blessing Jar. All I used was an old jelly jar and a few sheets of paper cut into small squares about 1.5 x 1.5 inches. I kept mine on the windowsill by my kitchen sink so it was easy to remember to jot stuff down. |
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| I fixed up some Blessing Jars for my Sunday School class last week. Here are the "ingredients:" * mason jar and lid * a small 4-pack of Post-Its from Walmart for about $1.00 * a pen * a "recipe card" on which I copied and pasted the text in blue ink above |
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| Put the Post-It's, pen and card into the jar, add the lid and a bow, and a label. |
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| I made the labels on my printerwith Avery 22804 labels. There's a template at their website, and if I can do it, anyone can. :) |
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| It was so easy to make a dozen of these to take to my class. I hope they enjoy them this year, and I hope you will like making your own and maybe sharing them with your widow group or Sunday School class or Bible study group too. |
This is the third time in a week I've seen a blessing jar suggested. One source also said you can jot the best thing about your day. I like that idea, too, although jotting blessings best engenders gratefulness to the giver of all good things. Your ideas of nature's beauty, accomplishments, and LOL moments are also great.
ReplyDeleteI've seen it a couple times since this post too! I got the idea last year and I'm glad to see it catch on. It's really special to get to the end of the year and read all the different things that happened. I like the best thing about the day idea---I consider that a blessing too. God's mercies are new every morning...
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