Yesterday we had a Prayer Cafe at our Church. Scones and coffee, then we spent some time working out how we can grow a disposition of gratefulness. As preparation for this I had prepared some working observations of what is implied in being a grateful person. Over a couple of days I noted down what seemed to point in the right general direction of what being a grateful person kight look, or feel like.
To be grateful is to be humble, recognising how much we receive from God and others.
To be grateful is to pay attention to all the good that is happening in our lives, and see God’s signature.
To be grateful is to be so thankful for our blessings that we try to be God’s blessing in someone else’s life.
To be grateful is to speak of Christ to others, and use our gifts generously in their service.
To be grateful is to remember the love and grace that has touched, changed and enabled us in Christ.
To be grateful is to look for the breeze of the Spirit rippling across the grain fields of our lives.
To be grateful is to begin each day glad to be alive, and determined to make each day count for God.
To be grateful, then, is to live in the joy of God, and to give thanks in all circumstances.
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