Gratitude:
Last week we took a look into the spiritual disciple of fasting and how we could use that often ignored tool in our spiritual tool box. This week we’re going to take a look at something that we are probably a little more familiar with: Gratitude.
This is the month of Thanksgiving, soon we’re going to be circled around a turkey and table full of grandma’s famous desserts with our family and asked the question: What are you thankful for this year? For many of us this is going to be the only time that we look in the tool box and pull out our spiritual tool of gratitude. Throughout the Psalms we see prayers of thanksgiving and gratitude. The Apostle Paul in his letters reminds us of the necessity of gratitude in our prayers. Telling us with thanksgiving to make our requests known to God.
Don’t wait until the 23rd to be thankful. Start this week. Sit down with a pen and paper and make a gratitude list. Write down ten things you are thankful for everyday. Take the time to thank God for those things and be genuinely thankful for the good things He has done. You could even post it to your social media and encourage others to do the same. Showing gratitude to God for the things He has done in our life is an important way of honoring Him with our hearts and can help open the door for us to see the good things He is doing that we may be missing.