A grateful heart sees each day as a gift. Thankful people focus less on what they lack and more on the privileges they have. I attended a banquet recently in which a wounded soldier was presented with the gift of a free house. He nearly fell over with gratitude. He bounded onto the stage with his one good leg and threw both arms around the presenter. Thank you, thank you, thank you! He hugged the guitar player in the band and the big woman in the front row. He thanked the waiter, the other soldiers and then the presenter again. Before the night was over, he thanked me! And I didnt do anything. Shouldnt we be equally grateful? Jesus is building a house for all of us. Our deed of ownership is every bit as certain as that of the soldier. Whats more, Jesus cured our leprosy. Sin cankered our souls and benumbed our senses. Yet the Man on the path told us we were healed, and, lo and behold, we were! The grateful heart is like a magnet sweeping over the day, collecting reasons for gratitude. A zillion diamonds sparkle against the velvet of your sky every night. Thank you, God. A miracle of muscles enables your eyes to read these words and your brain to process them. Thank you, God! Your lungs inhale and exhale eleven thousand liters of air every day. Your heart will beat about three billion times in your lifetime. Your brain is a veritable electric generator of power. Thank you, God! For the jam on our toast and the milk on our cereal. For the blanket that calms us and the joke that delights us and the warm sun that reminds us of Gods love. For the thousands of planes that did not crash today. For the men who dont cheat on their wives, and the wives who dont turn from their men, and the children who, in spite of unspeakable pressure to dishonor their parents decide not to do so. Thank you, God! Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff. To reflect on your blessings is to rehearse Gods accomplishments. To rehearse Gods accomplishments is to discover his heart. To discover his heart is to discover not just good gifts but the Good Giver. Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread. It does to anxiety what the morning sun does to the valley mist. It burns it up. Join the ranks of the 10 percent who give God a standing ovation. Give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Quote from Max Lucado
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:47:30 +0000
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