Thankfulness can be hard. After Thanksgiving, it can be easy to forget that we are supposed to be thankful. Why should we even bother to be thankful? For one thing, thanksgiving is the way to God.
Psalm 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name.
Sometimes just focusing on what God has done for you can lift your mood and bring you closer to God. Try thanking Him for five things. Go on, I’m waiting. Seriously though, try starting your prayer time by thanking God. Need some ideas? Look around you! He gave us breath and life. And most importantly, He sent Jesus. The Gospel is the best news ever, so there is nothing better that we could thank Him for. His gift is the most amazing story ever, and it impacted all of eternity.
How can you befriend your betrayer?
How can you love the unlovable?
How can you do the impossible?
How can you mend broken hearts?
How can you live only to die?
How can you heal those past help?
How can you bear an unbearable weight?
How can you love your enemy?
How can you forgive your murderers?
How can you die for your executioners?
How can you rise from the dead?
Do you know that Jesus did?
(In case you haven’t figured it out, I write poetry.)
He did all of that for us. When you realize that, it is a lot easier to be thankful He did so much for us. We have a place in heaven waiting for us. That is an amazing reason to be thankful! When we understand that we have eternity waiting for us, the trials on earth seem a lot easier to deal with. So find something to be grateful for today! It really does change things.
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