BBD 11.26.14 How to be Happy: Gratitude (Classic)
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The Burning
Bush Devotional
Classic
from 2002
11.26.14
How to be
Happy: Gratitude
In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus for you. - 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV.
Karen
Ellis Richardson has gratitude for some new things now that she has completed
paddling 1750 miles in her kayak from her Florida home to her high school
reunion. Karen who is 48-years-old, received along the way five marriage
proposals, and seven nights of free lodging from many new friends. But perhaps,
what she has the most gratitude for is as Richardson says, “It feels good to stand up!”
A
character trait, which psychologists now recognize as being helpful in the
development and maintenance of happiness is gratitude or thanksgiving. Of
course, those of faith have long known that gratitude is an essential to living
the successful life. Counting your blessings, and naming them one by one, has
sustained many of God's saints through the storms of life. Psychologists
finally have come to the realization, that talking and writing about what you
are grateful for increases your happiness, and they have done the studies to
prove it.
The
Psalmist in Psalm 18 gives the Christian some
things for which to have gratitude. Here are just a few:
God wants to have a
personal relationship with you.
God is your Strength.
God is your Rock.
God is your Fortress.
God is your Deliverer.
Do
you want to be happy? If you do, then you
will need gratitude, and to develop that gratitude you must grow in the
awareness of those things in your life that are blessings. Every day, find
something new to be grateful about, and throughout the day thank your God for
it. Each day, find something new to praise Him, and thank Him for. In just a
few weeks, you’ll find that you have developed an attitude of gratitude, and
along the way increased your level of happiness. What are you most thankful
about today?
May you have a Happy Blessed Thanksgiving!!
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