MABEL_Heart

Heart still pounding. Hand still shaking. Another nightmare I have. Everytime I feel hard to give thank to God after I have nightmare. It causes me sick and pain in heart. Sometime even worst, it causes me vomit. Today, my pastor preached a message, “Thanksgiving Keeps Our Focus on God”. It reminds me a lot of things that I forget to give thank to God for His guidance, for His protection, for His goodness and so on. It reminds me to be gratitude attitude.

Do you remember when you were a kid and parents told you, “Say thank you”? You had to say it. Sometimes you had to say thank you for something you really didn’t want or even like. “Say thank you to uncle for that special present.” Everybody’s eyes were on you and you felt like disappearing (if you could), so you’d drop your head and mumble the words into your chest. “Thank you” sounding likes “Thin goo”. Eventually, the “thank you” became deep rooted so that now, if you are at all like me, you say “thank you” almost automatically.

By grace, we move beyond this kind of thank-you. By grace, we find our way to the gratitude attitude that is beyond polite formulas and spring up from the heart as joy, not an automatic reflex. That kind of overflowing joy is what gospel living is all about. I hope that I will discover more of God’s blessing in my life. Just like what pastor said, “Count your blessings”. “Name them one by one, and you will discover what our God had done.”
So if I only sit there or move about grumbling or dissatisfied in this life event, I could miss out in the “purpose” of what God desires in it. Learn to say “THANK YOU” to God during trial time. Thanks Him for allowing this to happened, because His blessings are not far behind. YES, my blessings are not far behind...WOW!!! :z