Are you choosing gratitude?

Are you choosing gratitude?

by Heather Hart

Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;

Hebrews 12:28

Have you ever just had 'one of those days'? One of those days when you were just not in a good mood, and you didn't even know why? That's where I was at today. But then I read something that made me stop, and in the end, greatly improved my mood. It wasn't anything drastic, not a funny joke, or even good news, but something simple. I read that gratitude was a choice, that I could choose it. Even if I didn't think I had anything to be grateful for, I did. We can be thankful that we don't have a canker sore, or a big pimple on our nose. We can be grateful that we don't have a broken toe or a sore throat. We can be grateful that our houses didn't burn down or that no one started a rumor about us or told a secret that was between us. We can be grateful that we know Jesus and are not going through life alone.

It's a choice. We can choose to focus on the negative, the positive, or even nothing and just walk around in 'one of those moods'... What will you choose today?

Reflection:

Are you choosing to get grateful, even when you aren't sure that you want to?

Application step:

Today concentrate on all the things that you have to be grateful for. When things start to go wrong, start to make a mental list of all the things going right!

Prayer:

Father God, I am so grateful for all that you do for me. Please forgive me for not always seeing it. Help me to do a better job. Thank you for creating me, and blessing me with such a wonderful life filled with many good things. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

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