Well the first week of the new year has come and gone already! I've been reading a book about someone who could no longer do the things they could before and it's good to stop and think sometimes, to be thankful.
Do I take for granted the fact that I can get out of bed on my own, I can walk when I want to, I have food in the cupboard, I can see and hear, I have water and sanitation, etc.? The list is endless.
We seem to go from week to week, year to year even, taking so much of our lives for granted and never really stopping to be thankful to God for every single thing we have, or can do, without needing help to do it. Reading that story made me so very thankful for all I have to be thankful for!
Maybe one of the reasons God encourages us to be thankful all the time is because it helps us to focus on the things that are really important, not the things that try to steal our joy or our peace.
Next time we feel grumpy about something or someone it might help keep it in perspective if we think of something we're very grateful for, like having a home to come back to at night! Like what we do have, not what we don't have; what we can do not what we can't do.
So let's encourage one another to keep our Thankful Hat on and count our blessings, knowing our God loves and cares for us and He blesses us so much every single day.😊
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