Thankfulness

[Zymologist]

I've been thinking about thankfulness a lot lately.

A little story: growing up, my dad liked every food--and he tried some strange foods. It was weird. For the longest time, I thought it was because he just had inhuman taste buds, or something, but after he was gone I began to think that it was probably more because he was thankful for everything he tried. This has motivated me to actively be thankful, as much as possible.

So one of the things I do with my family now is, every day, ask each of them something they're thankful for. It can be anything, big or small; I don't care what they say, as long as they give me something they're thankful for and that it not be the same every day. Some days it's a "big" thing, like "I'm thankful for my brother," some days it's "thankful for socks." Then they ask me what I'm thankful for that day.

[The Melody Maker]

What a wretched society we've become, that we complain about every little inconvenience that pops up. Rather, we ought to do as Ephesians 5:20 commands and "in everything give thanks through Christ Jesus our Lord" -- because we deserve nothing but His wrath.

With our Canadian Thanksgiving coming up in less than a week, what an appropriate time to bring this up -- though it's an attitude we ought to have all the time. He's blessed us with so much.

[seer]

I'm thankful that I'm not a Democrat - does that count?

[mossrose]

What a wretched society we've become, that we complain about every little inconvenience that pops up. Rather, we ought to do as Ephesians 5:20 commands and "in everything give thanks through Christ Jesus our Lord" -- because we deserve nothing but His wrath.

With our Canadian Thanksgiving coming up in less than a week, what an appropriate time to bring this up -- though it's an attitude we ought to have all the time. He's blessed us with so much.

I'm so thankful that my kid has such a deep understanding of the things of God, and that he loves the Lord with all his guts!

[Christianbookworm]

I am thankful for nuclear fusion, photosynthesis, running water, and electricity. Oh, and I am obviously very grateful for what Jesus did for us on the cross and for the Resurrection.

[Cow Poke]

When somebody talks about thankfulness, I always think of Corrie Ten Boom's sister Betsy's "Thank God for the fleas".