"Practice makes perfect..."
How many times have I heard that? It is something we here when we are having difficulty doing/learning something. And I needed to hear it, yet again... Practice being thankful! in order to BE thankful!
God has used my children to teach me things many times... I see my own unthankfulness mirrored in their attitudes and it gives me pause... to examine my heart - to reevaluate my responses. I must practice being thankful and joyful each day in order to teach it to my children. And, while I do want to have the testimony of being a thankful person, teaching thankfulness to my children is a priority in my life. There are so many people who complain all day about everything; and I have my days also.
But I pray that the Lord will help me become a consistently thankful person - one who says "Thank you, Lord" each day - for whatever comes my way... for this is one of the few things specifically laid out as the will of God for each person... no matter what else you may do or be - we must give thanks! And we must practice everyday in order to get better at it!
II Thessalonians 5:18 -
"In everything give thanks:
for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus concerning you."
