#thankfulness

May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice, and looked on their adversity, &c. Let them therefore praise the Lord, because He is good, and His mercies endure forever. Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the; desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry, and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord His loving kindness, and His wonderful works before the sons of men. ↗

— William Bradford

#thanksgiving #love

This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

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All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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Gratitude doesn't change the scenery.  It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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To witness miracles unfold in your experience, count your blessings and be thankful. Perceived small blessings accumulate to be the most powerful. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

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Do you consider yourself a blessing or just another person? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

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Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Ingratitude to God does not rely only on our refusal to give the verbal thanksgiving due to Him, but also recides in our inability to appreciate his gifts and potentials in us by leaving them untapped. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#appreciation #food-for-thought #gifts #god #grateful

Every once in awhile God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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