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A truly thankful heart is not the heart that gets exactly what it wants, then gives a cursory shout out to God. True thanksgiving flows from the heart that searches for and finds value in the “right now” circumstances. It doesn’t hold out for when things get better. A thankful heart recognizes that there is something to give thanks for in all circumstances.
“A thankful heart is a happy heart”. That’s what the Veggie Tales song says, and I agree. How do we get to the place of a truly thankful heart?
We get what we want and we feel thankful. Thankful for a promotion, thankful for a new house, baby, new car etc. What happens when we survey our life and find there is no new shiny thing to be thankful for? That, my friend is an opportunity to exercise true thankfulness.
When I survey my life in all its mundane mediocrity; I find that when I seek, I find the nuts and bolts of what makes my life what it is. I see what needs to be changed, what needs to be purged and what I need to be thankful for. The act of taking stock of circumstances just as they are and intentionally finding value, leads to appreciation. The next step is thankfulness.
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