Giving thanks always for all things unto God
and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20
Let me recommend the
cultivation of the habit of thankfulness as an effective cure for the cynical,
sour habits of faultfinding among Christian believers.
Thanksgiving has great
curative power. The heart that is constantly overflowing with gratitude will be
safe from those attacks of resentfulness and gloom that bother so many
religious persons. A thankful heart cannot be cynical!
Please be aware that I
am not recommending any of the “applied psychology” nostrums so popular in
liberal circles. We who have been introduced to God through the miracle of the
new birth realize that there is good scriptural authority for the cultivation
of gratitude as a cure for spiritual sourness. Further, experience teaches us
that it works!
We should never take
any blessing for granted, but accept everything as a gift from the Father of
Lights. We should write on a tablet, one by one, the things for which we are
grateful to God and to our fellow men.
Personally, I have
gotten great help from the practice of talking over with God the many
kindnesses I have received. I like to begin with thanking Him for His thoughts
of me back to creation; for giving His Son to die for me when I was still a
sinner; for giving the Bible and His blessed Spirit who inwardly gives us
understanding of it. I thank Him for my parents, teachers, statesmen, patriots.
I am grateful to God
for all of these and more—and I shall not let God forget that I am!
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