Okay, I must say this out loud…I am ready for spring and summer! I am getting tired of winter. I am very tired of snow…I do not care how pretty it is, I do not like -4 degrees in the morning. Oh, and yes, I do know we are to give thanks in all circumstances, so…Praise God the wind wasn’t blowing 20 miles an hour this morning! Praise God we have a warm home to go to! Praise God our electric service hasn’t been disrupted! Praise God none in our house are currently sick! Praise God I’ll be going to Haiti in 30 days (the forecast high for today is 90 degrees with a 20% chance of rain…I don’t mind rain). Praise God we have not had a wreck, slid off the road, or had car problems. Now, when you take time to think about it, we have so much more to be thankful for. So here’s my question (at least to me). Why don’t we FIRST give praise to God for our many blessings instead of focusing on those things that we do not count as a blessing? Oh, I know the snow and cold is not a big deal…it will be gone soon. But regardless of the trial, why don’t we focus on our blessings? Wouldn’t that help us to give praise and look beyond the petty difficulties we face? Wouldn’t giving thanks cause us to realize our blessings far outweigh our troubles? You can say it’s just our human nature to complain and grumble, but if we are created in the image of God I want to believe that giving thanks is also part of our nature.
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