Being Thankful…

I don’t need a special day to be thankful for all the love and blessings in my life, but today is a good time to reflect and for some to slow down enough to count their blessings and not reflect on their sorrows.

We can be thankful for our health, our families, our places of employment, or possibly our state of retirement. We can be grateful for the food on the table, a roof over our heads, and the simplicities we have due to the period in which we live.

We can be thankful for our friends, laughter, fun, and joy. We can be grateful for our accomplishments and the life we’ve created around us! We can be thankful for the beauty of nature, the sounds of the wild, the smell of the outdoors, and the scents emanating from the kitchen…

But of all of these earthly, fleshly gratitudes, the thankfulness needs to start with above!

Psalm 107:1 ESV “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!”

Ephesians 5:20 ESV “Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

James 1:17 ESV “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”

2 Corinthians 9:15 ESV “Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!” Our Lord Jesus Christ!!!

Colossians 3:15 ESV “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”

Psalm 95:2 ESV “Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise.”

Psalm 118:28 ESV “You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you.”

There are to many scriptures to list but I shall end with a scripture I stand on, daily!

Psalm 28:7 ESV “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”

I pray you have a bounty of peacefulness and thankfulness today. May the love and warmth of our Lord Jesus reign in your hearts and spirits. May we slow down enough to count our blessings and to give thanks!

I am thankful for you! Be blessed today and thank you for sharing a bit of sunshine with me today! ❤️☀️🥰