Being Grateful :)

According to some sources, gratitude is mentioned 71 times in the New Testament. Obviously, God thinks Gratitude is important!

There is a teaching in the Bible (17:11-19), about 10 Lepers being healed, but only 1 turned back to glorify God for his healing. Why is that? They were all healed, but only one gave honor and praise to Jesus for his healing!

God gave us a choice, and each one of these 10 men made one. But only 1 man made the right one! At some point, the other nine faced the consequences of their choice. We need to make the right choice 🙂

There is another reason that thanking God for our Blessings is important. In thanking our Lord, not only do we give Him the honor and praise that He deserves, we also acknowledge to God and to ourselves, that our Blessings come from God! And not just from us…

The other reason to thank God for our Blessings is that a Grateful Heart is a Happy Heart. It’s very hard to be grateful and unhappy at the same time. As we count our Blessings in order to thank God for them, we get to see first hand how Blessed we really are :). It strengthens our faith both in God and our faith in His Love for us :).

We have such a Good God and He Loves us so much! And with all that is currently happening in our world today, does it really get better than that? So thank Him on good days and on difficult ones. Because even on the difficult days, those days are easier because God is with us 🙂

Because no matter how many changes our nation, indeed our world, goes through-God does NOT change. He loved us yesterday; He loves us today and He will love us tomorrow. He never breaks His promises. And in a time where many in the government and the media seems untrustworthy, GOD CAN BE TRUSTED!