Give Thanks In Everything

We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.  See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.  Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.      I Thessalonians 5:14-18

Thanksgiving.  A time of year where we are encouraged to pause and thank the Lord for our many blessings.  In the U.S. we mark this holiday by eating, family and friend visits, parades and shopping and oh….more eating and more shopping! The retailers move into full throttle to finish the year in the black.  The deliberate act of thanksgiving can be lost.

The truth is that a woman of God should be living in an attitude of “thanks” every moment.  I know that the demands of family and ministry can put a strain on this but along with “prayer without ceasing” you and I should be giving thanks in the midst everything.  Notice I didn’t say that you and I had to be thankful that life was falling apart, harder than we ever thought it would be or down right impossible but in the midst of the toughest times of our lives you and I are to give thanks to the Lord for all that He carries us through.  Give thanks in every circumstance.

Thank Him for….

…giving you the strength to take the next step, the next breath

…your family

…trusting you with the hardest thing

…the days you had with your sweet loved one

…the testimony of grace He is pouring through you

…not leaving you in the midst of the circumstance

…His Wisdom

…His direction

…His Hope

…His Peace

…His Light

…His Word which is our comfort and strength  – our very food and power source in the midst of everything!

So as Thanksgiving Day approaches can we just begin to live as we should?  Can we as women set the pace and the example of living with thanksgiving in the midst of everything?  What do you think? Can you add to my list?

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Thankful He plucked me out and called me His girl!
Praying for you,
Diane

Diane Nix is the director and founder of Contagious Joy 4 Him, a network of encouragement to ministry wives around the globe.  Her husband, Dr. Preston Nix, is professor of evangelism and evangelistic preaching at NOBTS. Serving in ministry together for 31 years, they have two biological daughters and two spiritual grown daughters.  She is an author, speaker and blogger.  See www.contagiousjoy4him.com.. Read more…