In Everything Give Thanks – so says the Apostle Paul.  In everything?!  In the bad as well as the good?  In the trials as well as the blessings??

How often do I remember to give thanks for the good things much less the bad?  I know I will catch myself thanking God as an afterthought when good things happen. 

Giving thanks is a matter of habit, yet it’s more than that.  It’s a heart condition.  An attitude of gratitude is what flows from the thankful, joyful heart.

 When the heart is joyful then one can give thanks even in the tribulations.  Oh, not the giddy, eternal smile-on-the-face “joy”.  We are talking joy because I am a sinner saved by grace.  Joy because, well, my Father loves me.  Loved me so much He died for my sins!  Just so I could spend all of eternity with Him and all the saints.

Thankfulness spills over from a joyful heart so then I CAN be thankful for the good, bad and the ugly. 

Thank you, Father.

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