16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Gratitude consists in a watchful, minute attention to the particulars of
our state, and to the multitude of God's gifts, taken one by one. It fills
us with a consciousness that God loves and cares for us, even to the least
event and smallest need of life. It is a blessed thought, that from our
childhood God has been laying His fatherly hands upon us, . . When this feeling is awakened, the
heart beats with a pulse of thankfulness. Every gift has its return of
praise. It awakens an unceasing daily converse with our Father,—He
speaking to us by the descent of blessings, we to Him by the ascent of
thanksgiving. And all our whole life is thereby . . .filled with a gladness, serenity, and peace which
only thankful hearts can know.
H. E. MANNING. (1808-1892)
"Daily Strength for Daily Needs", Tilson, January 18.
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