I was praying through the PQT list on the way to work this morning. I was driving. The trees on Langley Hill looked golden, and the valley gleamed under the brilliant blue sky. I found myself thanking God for the slow cooker, and naturally, the Spanish chicken.
I suddenly remembered that I'd left the timer on! Without the crockpot in it, the slow cooker would click on at 11:30 and gradually cook itself until 6:30 this evening!
I swung the car round in Yew Tree Rise and headed home. It might have been alright, but I didn't want to take the risk, or waste the electricity.
So the PQT list is changing my life already! I've taken to thinking of, and writing down, at least ten things every day - five specifics I'm thankful for (t), and five requests (q). Then, as I did this morning, I'm simply talking to God about all of them (p). This, in case you missed it, is the PQT list.
What should have been obvious the other day though, is that the list actually starts rebuilding itself after a while. Yesterday's requests are tomorrow's thank-yous. What's more, it has two more incredible benefits: one, it reminds you that God actually does answer prayer and lets you track how, and two, it succeeds in letting you take your eyes off you! No wonder, it makes you less anxious!
What's also great is that thankfulness seems to open pathways to even more things to be thankful for. What I mean is, it's a lot easier to be thankful for more things, when you start being thankful for a few. Your brain somehow remembers or locks on to thank-yous that you would otherwise have forgotten. I've no idea how that works, but it's a great thing - especially when your short term memory is as bad as mine is!
Ah! Hence the timer on the slow cooker!
Anyway, that's enough preaching from me. My brain likes to explore thoughts and think through avenues, and I often spout the results as though it's some great new discovery, despite being peculiarly obvious for, oh say, the last two thousand years...
So I will stop talking. And hey, maybe you could add that to your PQT list?
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