THANKFULNESS
I have come to find that the Lord has been teaching me a new lesson each month. Last month it was trusting in Him—- this month it’s Thankfulness.
I had been struggling with being discontent with the things in my life— wishing some situations could change or that things could come easier for me like they seemed to do for other people.
I knew that I needed a perspective change in my life, so I got on my knees and prayed this prayer.
“Father, I need you right now. I need your perspective. I need you to come with your Holy Spirit and peel these lies off of my eyes and heart. Let me see this situation like you see it.”
You want to know what He said to me?
“Thank me, Sarah”
So simple and yet, so profound. Just thank me.
I began thanking Him for my bedroom I was in, and thanking him for the loving, amazing, godly family that He blessed me with. I began thanking Him for how He has been providing each year for me to attend a Christian/private University. I began to thank Him for gifts and talents He has given me and for the privledge to lead people into the presence of God on a weekly basis. I thanked Him for my health, and I thanked Him for my parents and friends. I went on and on and on and on and still hadn’t scratched the surface of ALL I have been blessed with.
Everything shifted. Almost instantly. The more I thanked Him, the more His Spirit came, like a blanket of dew over a new, green world that had just sprung forth. I could feel it, tangibly. And it didn’t just feel like peace, it was peace.
A grateful heart has no room for hopelessness. It has no time for a victim mindset and no time for competition.
As silly as it sounds, a Veggie Tales song about thankfulness popped into my head and I began to sing the song…
I thank God for this day,
For the sun in the sky,
For my mom and my dad,
For my piece of apple pie!
For our home on the ground,
For His love that’s all around,
That’s why I say thanks every day!
Because a thankful heart is a happy heart!
I’m glad for what I have,
Thats an easy way to start!
For the love that He shares,
‘Cause He listens to my prayers,
That’s why I say thanks every day!
A grateful heart sees like God sees—and when you see like God sees, believe me…..you change.
