Giving Thanks

Sometimes we forget to be thankful.  When we are children our parents taught us to say thank you when someone did something nice for us.  Sometimes our society and our culture doesn't seem to be very thankful at all.  We live in the, "What's in it for me?", era where people are more concerned about themselves than showing gratitude to others by being thankful.

There are times when we too fail to show our thanks and appreciation to the people around us, myself included.  I realize sometimes I don't seem very thankful or at least I don't express my thankfulness like I should and I am sorry for that.

I thank all of you who take the time out of your busy schedules and read my blog writings.  I pray they have been true to God's Word and hopefully helpful in drawing you closer to the Lord Jesus.  I would like to thank everyone who has been an encouragement to me throughout life.  I am thankful to the Lord Jesus Christ who saved a wretched man such as I from my sins.

It is good for us to give thanks to those around us and especially to God, our Maker and our Creator.  The Lord has done wonderful things for us and He is still at work in our world and in our lives.  We must remember to give thanks to the Lord for all He is doing and the things that He has done.

The Lord promises never to leave us and He promises to never forsake us throughout our lives here on the earth.  We may feel all alone at times in life, but the truth of the matter is that we are never truly alone because the Lord Jesus is right by our side each step of the way.  We should be very thankful for that.

Psalm 136 is a wonderful Psalm that urges us to give thanks to the Lord for who He is and all that He has done in the past.  We need to remind ourselves how amazingly awesome the Lord our God is.  There is absolutely nothing that is impossible with God.  All things are possible with the Lord.

Are there areas in our lives where we need to be more thankful?

Lord,
We thank You for loving us so very much especially when we don't seem very lovable.
We thank You for Your mercy and grace.
I thank You Lord for saving me for my sin through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
Help me to be more thankful in all things.
We praise Your Name.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.