I'm wondering if thankfulness is a springboard to all other virtues. We have received the greatest benefits from God, and from our parents. Now the honor which we pay to God , our heritage and parents, is from being a thankful person. So I ask, is thankfulness or gratitude a beginning to other virtues? Our culture does not give the words virtue and honor much concideration. Try for a moment, contemplating their meaning. If there were a basic motivational drive to be virtuous or honoring, I'd ask how thankful am I.
When I am thankful, I find it hard to be, Angry, negative, depressed, condemning, anxious, unreasonable, evil, mean, Apathetic, Arrogant, Callous, Mistrusting, Combative, Pessimistic, Petty, Conceited, Controlling, Rebellious, Covetous, Cruel, Resentful, Deceiving, Dishonest, Selfish, Small minded, Envious, Fearful, Grumpy, Unsympathetic, Untrusting , to name a few.
Be Thankful today and give Thanks.
The more grateful you are for what you have, the more God gives you to be grateful for.
Gratitude, yes.
Thankful for your post - God bless
We are putting my 96 year old grandma in hospice today. My heart is broken. Aside from when I moved away in college, I’ve lived next door to her and seen her almost ever day of my life. (3 houses on the farm, my parents house, her house and mine). I moved in to this house after college because I wanted to be close to my grandparents. The past few years I’ve been her caregiver - laundry, housework, cooking, etc.
My heart is broken, but I’m thankful that I had 44 years with her as my favorite person. She had 67 years with my grandpa before he passed. She’s had 96 good years on earth and we’ll all have an eternity in Heaven together.
My heart is broken, but I’m choosing to be thankful today.
Be thankful for your families and if you’re the praying type, pray for peace for my family. ❤️
Sorry Fren. It’s never enough time. Prayers for peace and comfort to you and your family.
Not to get all corny, but I am so very thankful for my Frens here and for patriots everywhere. May God bless you all and keep you safe. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support here.
I'm thankful that we have a good God, one that cares for us little beings here. I thankful he cares for justice and will punish the wicked we see today and since the beginning of time.
We could of had an evil God like allah, or a indifferent god like nature but the One who reigns supreme cares for his people and hates the wicked.
He also made a simple step for recieving forgiveness for what we've done wrong by sending his Son to be the ultimate sacrifice.
When it all looks bad I sing to myself ' it is well with my soul'