THANKFULNESS WORKS IN THE CHRISTIAN community as it usually does in the Christian life.
We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the small (and yet really not so small!) gifts we receive daily. How can God entrust great things to those who will not gratefully receive the little things from God’s hand?
You will say in that day: I will give thanks to you, 0 LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, and you comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the LORD GOD is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation. With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that day: Give thanks to the Lor’, call on his name…. Isaiah 12:1-4
What are the cultural forces in our society that work against the experience and expression of thankfulness?
Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, and do not forget all his benefits-who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:1-5
