“Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 5:20)
Always giving thanks may sound preposterous to the modern person as our hearts are constantly intoxicated with a desire for more. However, being always grateful for what you already are and have is the best credo of life.
An attitude of gratitude is indeed the altitude of all attitudes. We admit that human wants are insatiable, but, just as someone once said, “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” This makes a profound difference! The grateful person who has less will live a satisfied life, whereas an ungrateful person who has more will languish in dissatisfaction.
Someone made an interesting observation that your present situation may be someone else’s prayer request. What is better than enjoying what we do have instead of fretting over what is yet to be?
Being grateful saves us from greed, envy, and cheating. Our hearts are protected from evil desires when we are content with what we have. Take a deep introspection today. Are you truly grateful for how far you’ve come with all your successes and failures? Or do you keep fretting over what seems to lie beyond the horizon?
Let me end with one of my favorite quotes on gratitude by Melody Beattie: “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
Remain inspired!
