What Are You Thankful For?

Being thankful for small things if life is not something we do very often. It is when we get the new job, or the raise comes through, or our children are selected the best of the group that we come before God and loudly sound our praise. In the past few weeks, we have watched the tragedy of Haiti unfold before our eyes, and even small children receiving a bottle of water, would smile and say “Thank You.”

We all need to look for the small things to give us direction and even identify. A grade class writing assignment was “Things I am most thankful for.” One fourth-grade boy wrote: “My glasses. They keep the boys from punching me and the girls from kissing me.” Oh, God, what a thankful heart.

Mid-week Prayer

Come Lord Jesus, let our hearts overflow for the small things in this world today. What may seem so small can be the beginning of some of the greatest gifts God could offer. They are sometimes the richest blessings and they come continually from the showering of Your grace. In the blessed name of Christ we pray. Amen.

This has been Rev. Jim Massey. Join me next week for another Mid-week Epistle and look at who decides how you act?