Thankfulness

Do you ever have one of those days that you have waited for, for a long time? You know, one of those days where there was nothing really special bout it, but everything seemed to go right, when for a long time, things hadn’t been working out?

I had one of those days the other day. I felt a sense of peace that I had been longing for in my busy, hectic life. I stopped to smell the roses that day and was reminded why I married my husband. It was a picture perfect day.

I realized that I needed to learn to be thankful. It is days like these when we get time to breathe that we are thankful to be alive. For me, I was also reminded that even when things are tough, that is the time I need to be thankful as well.

How would we know joy without sorrow? How would we know what it means to relax without stress?

I feel that I often go through so much stress that I forget that God is there with me. He is lovingly holding me and whispering to me that he is there. He wants me to reach out and allow him to take my worries and my stress and turn them into joy. He wants to use the hard times to mold me into the best person I can be.

Colossians 3:15 (NAS) And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

I am to be thankful and filled with gratitude because my God has sent His Son to die for me. This is a gentle reminder to myself that even in times of sorrow, stress and aggravation, I am to be thankful.

In love,

Chrissie

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