An Attitude of Gratitude
Dear Friends, Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 that we are to " Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." (NLT) It's easy to be thankful when all is well with us, but it's another story when we are in the middle of difficult circumstances. If you are having a tough time right now, you may be thinking that you don't even want to read about being thankful. There's a part of me that would agree with you. Once I had made the decision that this post would be about giving thanks to God and having a gratitude attitude I hit a bump in the road. I've been battling with depression for years and it regularly rears its ugly head. When it hits I don't really feel like being thankful and I certainly don't want to write about it! Besides, how can I write about something that I'm not doing? But I felt God was saying to go ahead and write it anyway. ...