I am really beginning to understand what a gift life really is. How we must rejoice in what we have been given. So much of life is about taking joy in everyday things and being grateful to Dad for what he has given us. Since Thanksgiving is coming up and we are going to be gone during that time, I am actually going to be teaching a whole lesson on gratitude this week. The lesson is based on an article about a study on gratitude. They found that if people record what they are grateful for every day, they will actually have a much higher quality of life.
It is funny that it took these psychologists years to figure out what Dad has been telling us since the beginning of time. TO GIVE THANKS!
Psalm 100
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with pra!se;
give thanks to him and pra!se his name.
5 For the L*RD is good and his love endures forever;
his fa!thfulness continues through all generations.
and his courts with pra!se;
give thanks to him and pra!se his name.
5 For the L*RD is good and his love endures forever;
his fa!thfulness continues through all generations.
With that said, this practice isn’t always that easy, and it’s definitely not natural, especially when life throw trials your way. It’s easy to focus on the negative and think about how we are missing out on life. It’s easy to think ‘I deserve better.’ But it’s difficult to remember that in reality, we have been given so very much!
To look at what we have been given, when we have been asking Dad for one specific thing for so long is even harder. It can seem like He is holding that back from us. But when we take our eyes off of that one thing and fix them on Him, he helps us to see the many other good gifts He has given us.
Then life really does become easier. We begin to see it’s beauty once again despite it’s pain. We may still feel the pain, but it’s sting becomes much weaker.
