Thankful: Day 8

Today, I don't feel super thankful.

Is that bad to say? Probably.

I just can't think of a "great" thing.

Don't get me wrong, I have so much to be thankful for,

but I don't want my month of thankfulness to feel like a month of things I like best, forgetting the rest.

I don't want to brag about what I have, lest I covet what I don't have.

I don't want to only acknowledge the things that make my life more comfortable.

Or the situations that I adore and are easy.

 

I feel like I shouldn't be thankful only for the things that are going right;

actually, I know that I shouldn't be thankful only for the good and right and fair.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:18 it says:

 

Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

 

Thankfulness obviously isn't supposed to be observed only for a month--or a day.

But in a society where thankfulness often is equated with possessions,

it's nice to shine light on what makes us thankful.

I know that I don't live like this regularly. I should, but I don't.

This is my confession.

 

I am thankful for a God who loves me, even when I don't thank Him enough.

And when I don't thank him for what he's supplied? He still loves me.

For that, I am thankful.