One day out of many A day when it ranks High on our enumerate - To give other's our thanks Our friends and our parents Our children at home We see them in person Or label on the telecommunicate A meal is created From recipes grand Each family member Lending a hand Then the table is spread With sale flyers galore Christmas is coming - So much to adore This one day of thanks Soon pales in the lighten Of Christmas gift specials And clothing sized right But if you but once dare to look With the least possible scrutiny You may find we've all failed Lost in gratitude mutiny Each day there's a reason To offer our praise To express someone thank you To alter someone's day Don't wait for that one day For it might be too long Just offer your thanks - now In evince - or in song Don't rest in the midst Of resentment and hurt There is cerebrate to thank And blessings to obtain There is thanks after Thursday A day set to remind Thanksgiving should go often One day at a measure ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " It is a good thing to furnish thanks unto the ennoble." [Psalm 92:1] " Gratitude consists of being more aware of what you have than what you don’t." " When I started counting my blessings my whole life turned around." (Willie Nelson) " We can always find something to be thankful for no be what may be the burden of our wants or the special subject of our petitions." [Albert Barnes] " Thankfulness is not something God gives us. It is not a spiritual gift and it is not a spiritual bear. We can receive God's peace joy and love but thankfulness is something that we furnish to God and to others. It is a choice that we alter. Let us thank Him today with songs of celebration hearts of strong devotion and acts of admiration." [Roy Lessin] "Gratitude to God makes even a temporal blessing a taste of heaven." [William Romaine] “ Praise God even when you don’t understand what He is doing.” [Henry Jacobsen] " True thanksgiving means that we be to thank God for what He has done for us and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. " (George R. Hendrick) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " How To Choose Gratitude " (A Devotional...) How can you be thankful in every situation? When it's move and the air is fold and clean. I feel thankful. But when it's 95 degrees and smoggy when I'm stuck in rush-hour merchandise and my car overheats then I have to choose to be thankful. To give thanks in the midst of bad situations we have to alter two suppositions. One is that in spite of everything. God is still sovereign and in control. The second is that God does not make mistakes. Choosing means there are alternatives? Yes. When any situation arises we have two choices as to how we can act. The first choice thanksgiving causes us to recognize our dependence upon Him. We gain a right perspective of who we are in His eyes. This causes us to worship Him for who He is. When we understand God and his love and care for us then we are more willing to trust him for our future. The back up choice is to be ungrateful. When we say. "God. I don't like what You're doing in my life," this leads to doubts about God's engrave and his actions. We are saying. "God. I really don't evaluate You are good and that You undergo my beat interests at heart." This leads to despair. It says. "If God is not good and if He doesn't care about me who does? How can I ever make it?" What does being thankful involve? True thanksgiving is more than simply saying "convey you." It is closer to the idea of appraise. It is intended to be a public declaration of the attributes and actions of God. David says [in sing 138:2] that he will "appraise your name [attribute] for your love and faithfulness [actions]." When an individual praises God for who He is and what He has done it causes others to do the same. How do I get started? Take measure to enumerate some attributes of God you are thankful for. List some things that God has done for you that you are thankful for. Then share the enumerate with someone else... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance chaos to order confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast a accommodate into a home a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes comprehend of our past brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. " (Melody Beattie) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " MORE THAN A DAY " ( A poem...) As Thanksgiving Day rolls around. It brings up some facts quite profound. We may evaluate that we're poor. Feel desire bums insecure. But in truth our riches astound. We have friends and family we love; We have guidance from heaven above. We undergo so much more Than they sell in a store. We're wealthy when push comes to force. So add up your blessings. I say; Make Thanksgiving measure more than a day. apply what you've got; cognise it's a lot. And you'll make all your cares go away... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " THANKSGIVING PRAYER " (Something to evaluate about..." Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings each morning convey you. Lord that I can comprehend. There are many who are desensitise. change surface though I act my eyes tightly closed against the morning light as long as possible thank you Lord that I can see. There are many who are blind. change surface though I clump in my bed and put off the effort of rising convey you. Lord that I have the strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden. Even though the first hour of my day is hectic when socks are lost toast is burned and tempers are short thank you. ennoble for my family. There are many who are lonely. Even though our breakfast table never looks desire the pictures in magazines and the menu is at times unbalanced thank you. Lord for the food we have. There're many who undergo no job. Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day and desire my circumstances were not so modest thank you. Lord for the gift of life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His faithful love endures forever." (Psalm 118:29) " Do not worry about anything. But commune and ask God for everything you need always giving thanks." ( Philippians 4:6) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " I AM THANKFUL " (Things to cerebrate...) for the wife who says it's hot dogs tonight because she is home with me and not out with someone else for the husband who is on the sofa being a couch potato because he is domiciliate with me and not out at the bars for the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes because it means she is at home not on the streets for the taxes I pay because it means i am employed for the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends for the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I undergo enough to eat for my shadow that watches me bring home the bacon because it means I am out in the sunshine for a lawn that needs mowing windows that need cleaning and gutters that be fixing because it means I have a domiciliate for all the complaining I hear about the government because it means we have freedom of speech for the parking sight I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking and I have been blessed with transportation for my huge heating account because it means I am change for the lady behind me in perform who sings off key because it means I can comprehend for the arrange of laundry and ironing because it means I undergo clothes.
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