Give thanks A bird chirps, my eyes open, and I think to myself “I’m alive”. I walk down stairs, a little groggy but not affected in the least bit by the earth’s rotational spin of approximately 1000 mph. I walk to my back porch and look at the sun, giving no thought to the fact we are hurtling through space at approximately 67,000 mph. I feel the warmth on my face and while looking at the 5500 °C surface of the sun I wonder if the temperature in my city will climb to 25 °C. I take a deep breath and inhale a lung full nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane, sulphur dioxide, and carbon monoxide. Science taught me that any amount of all those chemicals (except oxygen) could cause serious harm or even death but I only know it’s the atmosphere and I’m safe. I go back into my home, sit in a comfy chair and wonder, what shall I say to God. “Thank you God. Please help me with, please fix, please get, please heal, and please give. PS - only if it is your will. Thank you”. I get dressed, say goodbye to my family, walk across my manicured lawn, hop into my car and head to work to “bring home the bacon”. At break, I sit with a fellow believer and we talk about how difficult it can be sometimes to know how to thank God. The day ends, I head home with thoughts of BBQ spare ribs pushing my foot harder on the pedal. Dinner is finished, the dishwasher loaded, the kids tucked into their own beds, and my arm around a spouse who loves me. My last thoughts as I drift off to sleep are “I’m alive”. Do you find it difficult to thank God when you pray? Every day you open your eyes you are witness to the things which you can give thanks. Before you go to bed tonight, reflect on your day and identify two things that you are thankful for and then give God thanks. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:12:49 +0000
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