This month has been phenomenal. What more can I say?
For me, each day as I've updated my status with something I have been grateful for, I've thought of hundreds more things. The obvious came first - family, friends, Church, jobs, home. Then came the less obvious and the many, many blessings I enjoy have really overwhelmed me. It's been such a sweet journey.
With recognition of my blessings, however, I am beginning to feel ever more in debt to the Lord. I know I can never repay Him for all He has blessed me with. However, I can try to share my blessings as best as I can to use them to benefit others. I wasn't expecting the feelings I have experienced as I began my goal to express gratitude at the beginning of the month. I have begun to feel as did the psalmist in Psalms 30:12: "To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever" I could shout it from the rooftops and sing it from the balconies, but that would seem silly. So I will simply proclaim it here and try to move forward, shouting my praise by quiet actions and by humble respect for all with which I have been blessed and by giving freely my time and my resources to help others in our sojourn on this planet we call earth.
Just lifted this from my nephew-in-law's comments: “When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you walk with a spirit of thanksgiving that is
Thank you, too, each of you who are friends and family who read this blog ... your lives make mine happier. You are counted among my blessings. I love you. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
1 comment:
I sure do LOVE President Hinckley. He was an amazing man (I wanted him for my grandpa)! Fantastic quote from him, too.
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