giving Thanks

-
With the start of fall upon us, I can think of nothing other than Thanksgiving.  This has always been my family's favorite holiday.  I feel that we were always taught to be thankful, good times and bad.  Thanking God for all our many blessings but today I was truly reminded of this while reading an article in the Catholic Telegraph.

 I read an article written by Jeanne Hunt titled Grumpy hateful or humble grateful.  Well if nothing else the title caught my eye.  Jeanne goes on to write about 4 steps of gratitude.  I just want to stress here that this is my take away, I am not trying to rewrite what was  written here but jumping ahead to the fourth step, "No matter how difficult or mysterious our life gets, there is something to be grateful for.  Even when we do not feel like it, we should speak the words anyway.  This is the leap of faith.  Nothing shows our faith more than in those moments when we reach out to God in gratitude when we can not fathom why things are so tough."  She quoted Luke from the bible writing to the Thessalonians, 1 5:18, "give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God for you in Jesus Christ."

The thought of giving thanks during challenging times is a challenge in it self.  It take a special leap in our faith to be able to see and find the good in life when struggling.  But this is in fact what Luke was saying from a prison cell, telling us to never cease praying and thanking God because we have many other blessings outside of those prison walls, outside from our difficult situations.  So let us not just think to thank God when things are going our way but to take that leap of faith and be always thankful.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Introduction

-
Have you ever had an internal voice? No not the same as hearing voices. It's like an internal conversation with yourself. I first notice that I had this when I was a young girl watching the Walton's. Remember the one when John Boy said "Mama, sometime I just have to write". It was at this time the I realize I had to do what John Boy did, keep a notebook by the bed. I make list all the time and when something profound pops in my head I have to write it down, if I won't it will just stay there till I write it. I always have a need to figure out, WHY??? Why people do what they do is a big one. I also try to solve things. A strong faith is another part of who I am. I am in no saying that Iam perfect or a holy roller. I just have a real need to keep learning more of what the bible has to teach me. I know I will be a better more loving person by having this knowledge. I have had many trials in my life and I will share more as I go, it is going to take some ...
Read more

Creating My Backyard Bird Sanctuary

-
 Sitting on the screened in porch on my deck watching many cardinals.  This started my summer project  of my  backyard bird sanctuary.  Which then took on a like of its own. I proceeded to cut Back many weeds and honeysuckle bushes to clear a huge area, I then sprayed poison ivy and many other ground coverings. I then went to the local garden store purchased a cardinal bird feeder, gathered my St. Francis statue that I had stored at my daughter's home.  I then saw my vision coming to life. My next purchase was a garden bench and a bird bath.  I hung another bird feeder.  I was seeing all minds of animal activities, birds of all kinds but speed of  cardinals.  Of course many squirrels, a fox on a chipmonk which I save from being eaten when I opened the door. But it was the deer family who hugely entertained me.  The deer were bucks with eight points,  a momma and two spotted babies.  I started placing pavers in the dirt whi...
Read more

If This Isn't a Sign...

-
When I was in third grade and attending Catholic School, I had a nun for my teacher. She use to always tell great stories about prayer, I loved to hear her stories. They always stuck with me along with her way of praying. She believed in signs and that was how she knew her prayers were answered. She also told us that when ever she heard an ambulance she would say a "Hail Mary"; I have done that since third grade. I have planted alot of things in my yard and gardens and on the back hill I have a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that leads to my gazabo. Many years ago I planted many daffodils and some tulips. The daffodils came up very plentiful but to my disappointment only one red tulip would come up and bloom, year after year, the one red tulip. I always thought of this tulip as a sign that my brother Mark was okay with the Lord up in Heaven. Mark died back in 1979, in a tradgic car accident. Last year I swear I only remember the one tulip blooming. Well, I know ...
Read more