An Attitude of Gratitude
When I was in my mid-20s I discovered that practicing gratitude had a lot of power. I was experiencing a lot of what I considered to be hard setbacks. The things I was hoping for weren't really coming to fruition, and it sucked. At that time, I was struggling emotionally almost every day, and didn't see much hope at the end of the tunnel. Then, I realized that practicing thankfulness could really help me to face my circumstances. It's been an ongoing journey, because no day is ever perfect, and life is still hard. As I've come to faith in Jesus in my late 20s and now early 30s, I've seen the power of gratitude in new ways. One thing I think I always knew is that being thankful doesn't happen in a vacuum. Gratitude always ends in someone, namely the giver of the gift we are enjoying. We aren't simply thankful only for the sake of being thankful. We are thankful to what has provided the thing that has led to our outpouring of appreciation. Gratitude...