Give thanks

In everything give thanks – 1 Thessalonians 5.18

When our children were young we tried to teach them the importance of being polite and showing gratitude by saying thank you.  That's great and I suppose it does teach them to be polite, but really being thankful is a much more difficult lesson to teach.

Thankfulness is an attitude that we need to develop. It is an attitude based on faith in the One who is due our gratitude attitude.

Thankfulness doesn’t always come easily. It can be hard to be thankful when things don’t seem to be going well. I think part of what we are called to do is to focus on the things we can be thankful for. This is especially important when we are have a hard time being thankful for what we can see.

As we focus on what we see as the good we are reminded that we really do serve a God who loves us and cares for us. We remember how He has carried us through other times as we thank Him for those times. We learn to trust God enough to have a thankful spirit. Because God is a God of love He is a God who is worthy of our thanks.

Do we trust Him enough to be thankful?