Thanksgiving & Gratitude

Christian Quotes About Thanksgiving & Gratitude…

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Melody Beattie — Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life…

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

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Lora Clark — The phone rang…

The phone rang.  It was my friend Annette.  She had been going through a rough time.  “I feel so alone,” she said.  “I’ve even lost God and don’t know how to find him.”  I’d felt the same way once, and told Annette how making a gratitude list had helped.  “Write down the numbers one through fifty down the side of a piece of paper,” I explained.  “Then go back and count the things you’re thankful for.  And remember, it’s not the things you’re supposed to be thankful for, but the things you really are thankful for.”  “Okay then, I’ll give it a try,” Annette said, hanging up.  Not long after, the phone rang again.  It was Annette.  “I found him!” she exclaimed joyfully.
Lora Clark

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Pauline Phillips — O, heavenlty Father: we thank thee…

O, heavenly Father: we thank thee for food and remember the hungry.
We thank thee for health and remember the sick.
We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless.
We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved.
May these remembrances stir us to service,
That thy gifts to us may be used for others.
Amen.
Pauline Phillips

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David Read — If I were to wake up one morning…

If I were to wake up one morning and find I was an atheist with my faith in God completely gone, I think I would miss almost more than anything else having someone to thank…I can hardly conceive what it would be like never, never being able to say in a moment of exhilaration or of unexpected happiness or of rescue from deep distress, “O God, you’re good to me!”
David Read

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Unknown — Dear God: I want to thank You…

Dear GOD:
I want to thank You for what you have already done.
I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards; I am thanking you right now.
I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better; I am thanking you right now.
I am not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop talking about me; I am thanking you right now.
I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears; I am thanking you right now.
I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves; I am going to thank you right now.
I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet; I am going to thank you right now.
I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get the job; I am going to thank you right now.
I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief; I am thanking you right now.
I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed; I am thanking you right now.
I am thanking you because I am alive. I am thanking you because I made it through the day’s difficulties. I am thanking you because I have walked around the obstacles…I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better.
I’m thanking you because FATHER, YOU haven’t given up on me.
Unknown

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Ralph Gaither — I thank Thee, Lord…

I thank Thee, Lord, for blessings, big and small; For spring’s warm glow and songbird’s welcome call; For autumn’s hue and winter’s white snow shawl.

I thank Thee for the harvest rich with grain; For tall trees and the quiet shadowed lane; For rushing stream, for birds that love to fly; My country’s land, the mountains and the plain.

I thank Thee for each sunset in the sky, For sleepy nights, the bed in which I lie; A life of truth and peace; a woman’s hand, Her hand in mine unit the day I die.

I thank Thee, Lord, for all these things above; But most of all I thank Thee for Thy love.

Ralph Gaither (written while a POW in North Vietnam)

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Unknown — Monthly Statement (If God Should Bill Us)…

MONTHLY STATEMENT  (If God Should Bill Us)

Due to God, your Father in Heaven and Round About- For Services rendered during one month.

30 days of care and supervision, air, light, sunshine, and rain.
240 hours of restful recreative sleep.
720 hours of physical upkeep of heart, lungs, senses, digestion, locomotion.
90 very satisfying meals.
1 competent mind to analyze and judge, a memory to retain, a will to act.
A family that loves you, rejoices and sorrows with you.
A host of friends who believe in you and overlook your oddities and mistakes.
Neighbors, near and far, who band together to build a better community.
Skies and seasons that bring beauty and grandeur, parks and gardens.
A church that is free and strong, affording you worship, guidance, solace and fellowship.
Love from a God of justice, compassion and forgiveness, whose plans and purposes were spelled out by His Son, and whose Spirit abides with you.

Unknown

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Morris Goldstein — In the morning hours of a new day…

In the morning hours of a new day we take a moment to give thought to what this day may mean for us.  What is a day in a person’s life?  Isn’t it the most precious treasure that can be given to us?  If we were denied this day in which to live, you know full well, all of our possessions would mean nothing, our fondest hopes and plans would be of no avail.  First and foremost, therefore, is the gift of a new day, one more day of life.  Therefore, let us begin the day properly.  Let us thank God for this wonderful gift.  Let us resolve not to waste one hour of it.  Let us resolve to share happiness with those who are closest to us- our family; our neighbors; our associates.  This is the greater meaning of the verse we read in the Holy Bible:  “So teach us to number our days that we may get us a heart of wisdom.”
Morris Goldstein