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Gratitude

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:18

Paul was in prison when he wrote: "In everything give thanks..." He understood that gratitude is a life-changing, happiness-inducing choice you make each day. If you do not, you miss the joy of high altitude living. Simply put - gratitude is the attitude that sets the altitude for living. Unfortunately, there is a kind of low-altitude life that too many of us settle for. It is an approach that grovels, complains and tries to get by under the radar of hope. It is a down-and-dirty, cloudy, damp, depressing, ungrateful, complaining, negative sort of living! And we have all been there. But there is another kind, a high-altitude attitude kind, up where the air is clean, the sun is shining and the future is as bright as the promises of God. This life soars above and refuses to focus on the negative. If you have ever flown up there, you know it is where you want to spend each day. Matthew Henry, the famous Bible scholar, lived that way. More than 250 years ago he wrote these words in his diary after he was robbed of all the money he had in the world: "First, let me be thankful because I was never robbed before. Second, because although they took my purse, they did not take my life. Third, that although they took my all, it was not much. Fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I that did the robbing." What a winning attitude! Since thankfulness is a choice, answer this question: "Am I a thankful person?" If you do not like the answer - do something about it!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for the little I have that you can and will do great things with! In Jesus' Name, Amen