Why be thankful?

Have you ever wondered, what do I have to be thankful about? You feel bad. You’re sad. You’re tired.

Have you ever read someone else’s thankful and said, ‘I can be thankful for that’? But they said it, should I really repeat that? You couldn’t have an original thought if you tried.

Or maybe you’ve thought, why bother? My thankfuls are always the same. Or my thankfuls pale in comparison to my neighbors.

I have struggled with this myself. Sometimes I think, ‘who really cares about that’?

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

But, but, but, we are not supposed to boast. How is giving thanks not a form of boasting? Lookie here at what God has done for me.

Merriam-Webster defines boast as : a statement expressing excessive pride in oneself.

Ones self? When you give God all the glory for paying your bills, a roof over your head, getting out of bed, food on the table; you are removing yourself from the picture. God gets the glory. Healing the sick, moving mountains, or the rain that fell last night.

Satan says your praise is useless, ineffective, small, unimportant, others will make fun of you. The Bible says, “O Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.”

— 1 Chronicles 16:34, KJV

It is so good, it is in the Bible twice (with a one word difference); “O Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! Because his mercy endureth forever.”

— Psalm 118:1, KJV

Shout it from the roof tops. Scare that sparrow awake. Psalm 102:7

THANK YOU GOD! God is good.