#thankfulness

In the Christian community thankfulness is just what it is anywhere else in the Christian life. Only he who gives thanks for little things receives the big things. We prevent God from giving us the great spiritual gifts He has in store for us, because we do not give thanks for daily gifts. We think we dare not be satisfied with the small measure of spiritual knowledge, experience, and love that has been given to us, and that we must constantly be looking forward eagerly for the highest good. Then we deplore the fact that we lack the deep certainty, the strong faith, and the rich experience that God has given to others, and we consider this lament to be pious. We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things? If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Jesus Christ. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#fellowship #god #gratitude #thankfulness #experience

One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful..we let what was once a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to his goodness it becomes a routine.. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#enthusiasm #god #good #joel-osteen #miracle

Without darkness, we may never know how bright the stars shine. Without battles, we could not know what victory feels like. Without adversity, we may never appreciate the abundance in our lives. Be thankful, not only for the easy times, but for every experience that has made you who you are. ↗

— Julie-Anne

#adversity #gratitude #thankfulness #experience

Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road. ↗

— John Henry Jowett

#hope #life #thankfulness #virtue #faith

Saya tahu tidak menyenangkan, tapi saya bersyukur jika ada sahabat saya mengkritik saya dengan keras atas apa pun yang saya lakukan salah. ↗

— Ariel Seraphino

#mistakes #thankfulness #friendship

So tell me i'm wrong, cursed me when i'm started being a douchebag and all. Then i'll let you know how much i love you, lads. ↗

— Ariel Seraphino

#love #mistakes #thankfulness #friendship

Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#gratefulness #gratitude #richelle #richelle-goodrich #thankfulness

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#contentment #dissatisfaction #life #perception #positivity

I know there is poor and hideous suffering, and I've seen the hungry and the guns that go to war. I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks for early light dappled through leaves and the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#joy #thankfulness #thanksgiving #inspirational

People complain about the bad things that happen to em that they don't deserve but they seldom mention the good. About what they done to deserve them things ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#men