I was thinking about thankfulness last night and remembered reading this so I decided to share it with you today. I hope it blesses you as much as it blesses me. Perhaps it will be a good reminder too, I know it was for me.
Thankfulness is the presence of gratitude and the absence of murmuring. 
Thankfulness is an attitude of appreciation for everything that is received; murmuring is an attitude of complaint for everything that is withheld.
Thankfulness is rooted in humility; murmuring is rooted in pride.
Thankfulness says, “This is more than I deserve.” murmuring says, “I deserve more!”
Thankfulness is the doorway to contentment; murmuring is the doorway to dissatisfaction.
Thankfulness travels on the highway of joy; murmuring travels on the highway of gloom.
Thankfulness causes the disposition to be sweet; murmuring causes the disposition to become sour.
“Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before Him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are His. We are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation.” Psalm 100 NLT
~ Roy Lessin
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Ponder Woman
I really love this; there are some very excellent points that are just begging me to make wall art out of them! 🙂
I wrote a post about my own recent experience of remembering to live with thankfulness, if you are interested you can find it here: http://ellieponders.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/practicing-gratefulness/
God bless and enjoy your weekend!
momstheword
I like what he said here: “Thankfulness causes the disposition to be sweet; murmuring causes the disposition to become sour.”
That is so true. When we start being thankful it causes us to reflect on God’s goodness to us and all we have to be thankful for, which can lift our hearts and our lips! The murmuring can cast our hearts down as well as turn our smile into a frown.
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Phyllis
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Deb Weaver
Thank you for sharing Roy Lessin’s thoughts on thankfulness. We all need the reminders along the path of this life.
Deb Weaver
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