GIVING THANKS

Have you ever looked around at your life and thought about what you have to be thankful for?  Now I want you to stop for a moment and don't look at your all that is wrong, look at what is good.  I know some of you may be feeling like there is nothing good in your life right now.  Maybe your marriage is in shambles, maybe you have a bad diagnosis from the doctor, maybe the collection agency has called you for the umpteenth time.  I understand trust me...life is hard.  It's so easy to focus on everything that is wrong.  It's so easy to see every mistake and every flaw, It's easy to focus on the negative, but how about for today we make a list of the good things in our lives.

Okay...you're reading this so obviously you have eyes to see,  you're reading this so i assume you have a computer and the internet which means you have electricity.  Do you have a roof over your head (even if that roof is in need of repair)?  Do you have running water in your home?  Do you have heat and air conditioning?  Are you breathing?  (Obviously if you're reading this, you are breathing.)  I could go on and on about the good things in all of our lives.  I challenge you to make a list of all the good things, all the positive things.

I know for me this works wonder for my attitude of gratitude.  Whenever I feel down or depressed I think of every blessing, yes I said blessing, in my life.  I have even began to count the storms and valleys in my life as blessings.  Why?  Because it during those storms that I learn the most about myself and my God.  It is in the valleys that I cling to Him the most.  If everything is my life is always good and perfect, why would I need God?   If I could do everything and get everything I wanted, why would I need God? 

  Psalm 100:4  Enter His gates with thanksgiving ad His courts with praise;  give thanks to Him and praise His name.

This is Thanksgiving week, a time to look back at all of our blessings and give thanks.  Thank you God for our forefathers who risked their lives to come here to America.  Thank you God for America, as imperfect as it is, it is still a great place to live.  Thank you God for being able to worship You without fear and to praise You openly.  I thank God for making me who I am.  I thanks God for my family and friends, for a roof over my head and food to eat.  I thank God for running water and air to breathe.  I thank God for all of you.