Our life has shifted greatly over the last few months...to the praise and glory of God. And through much positive shifting, the Lord has brought "thankfulness" to my mind over and over. Like a parent our Father desires to bless His children, but is not pleased with the lack of thankfulness for those blessings.
Today while listening to something on the radio Romans 1:21 was mentioned and I pulled over and opened my Bible to find these words...
"For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened."
Speaking of the wrath of God coming upon those who are wicked, God mentions the unthankful...those who neither glorified Him nor thanked Him! Did you see what happened to them as a result? futile thinking and darkened foolish hearts!! I do not want that to be me! I certainly do not want to have worthless thinking that is in vain and darkened. Where our thinking goes, our bodies will follow with action soon enough.
I want to walk in the light with my Lord in intimacy of relationship. How can you and I daily live this out? Thanksgiving. Living day by day and moment by moment in thankfulness to our God. I love the practical application Ann Vaskamp's One Thousand Gifts offers, too. As I pause to write down and name each blessing I see, I sense the light returning to my eyes to see with increasing clarity. May the Lord be glorified as we offer up true thankfulness today.
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Thank you so much, Mariel. As usual, powerful words. Living...in thankfulness to our God.
Thank you Mariel for posting this today. It is always amazing how God uses your posts to confirm something I've just prayed or read in His word. I am in a very different place this year as a 47 yr. old woman my season as a Mom with little ones has ended. My years as a homeschooling Mom will end this fall when my kids "Leave this mountain", my oldest daughter is getting married and my son is going into the Army. Lots of changes. I've been a little depressed about things lately. So this morning was on my knees getting my perspective aligned. I spent alot of time just praising Hinm and thanking Him even for those things which aren't as if they were. Thank you sweet woman of God for posting your heart.
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