Are you thankful?
Just the other day I was talking with my roomie re’ the famous cold war going on between us (the 3rd yrs) and our juniors (2nd yrs). I told her, how blessed they were as they were living in this hostel, they enjoyed so much liberties that we only thought about in the previous hostel..
And the rules.. how we loved breaking them and the jrs were one step ahead of us..
Anyways.. I was going thru’ my inbox in the evening and saw the Streaming Faith Daily Devotional mail with the subject “A Moment Of Thanks” and I immediately set about reading it..
Something written in it caught my eye..
Life is hard, and every day is challenging. You may be wondering just now if you can go on. Perhaps another person is vexing you. Perhaps you’ve been maligned or criticized. You’re discouraged with unanswered prayer. Maybe you’re feeling like Elijah under the broom tree, wanting to die.
Try praying with thanksgiving. A thankful attitude is the cure for many emotional ailments. Take depression, for example. What is depression or discouragement except the total collapse of thanksgiving in our lives?
Thanksgiving is also the opposite of discontent. It’s easy for us to become disgruntled with various factors in our lives; but let’s be like one man who was thankful…
- For the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat.
- For all the complaining I hear about the government because it means that I have freedom of speech.
- For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I am alive.
- For the teenager who is not doing dishes but is watching TV because that means he is at home and not on the streets.
- For the taxes that I pay because it means that I’m employed.
- For the lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.
- For weariness at the end of the day because it means I have been capable of working hard.
- For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with transportation.
Was really moved by the words, I just can’t stop thanking God for everything he’s done in my life, family and hostel. Word’s really can’t express it. Its just that.. so many things happen in the day to day life that I can’t stop myself from thanking God every morning & night, my usual praying times.
So, here’s the question. Are you thankful?
