I needed the reminder ….. to be thankful!

Strange things are still happening. This was for the first time that I saw the cross-stitch hanging on the wall of our bedroom. Probably it has been hanging there already for a long time. Many years ago my daughter used to work on cross – stitches. But I can not find her initials on this one. – But I will find out all about this cross – stitch!

“LET US GIVE THANKS”

That reminds me actually of a German Proverb. It is a rhyme and goes like this: “Loben zieht nach oben, danken schuetzt vor wanken.” The meaning of the rhyme is: Praise pulls you heavenwards and being thankful keeps you from losing your balance, from tottering.

The Bible, the Word of the Living God, has a lot to say about being thankful, thankfulness and thanksgiving. I read a good number of verses today. The Psalms are saying quite a bit about being thankful.

I came also to First Thessalonians 5:18, where it says: “…; give thanks in all circumstances,…” That is quite a challenge!

I like First Thessalonians 5:16-18 very much. It is a really good sermon outline:

WHAT IS GOD’S WILL FOR US IN CHRIST JESUS?

Intr.: for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus:

A. Be joyful always;

B. pray continually;

C. give thanks in ALL circumstances,

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” – Hugh Downs

Earlier on I said that that is quite a challenge. NO, it is not a challenge, it is the WILL OF GOD!

Do you find it difficult, to give thanks in ALL circumstances? Read again the well known verse Romans 8:28. Read also Hebrews 12:1-13. The headline for these verses in my Bible is “God Disciplines His Sons.”

At the very beginning I said I needed the reminder to be thankful. Do you think you need the reminder as well? Please let me know!