It was a «feeling of
great thankfulness.
(Now that work is busy again I look back at that period with
great thankfulness — that I had the time and space to write without distraction, and God supplied all our family's needs even when I wasn't earning much.)
Not exact matches
Namely: if what we think we have is
greater than what we think we deserve, then that's where
thankfulness comes from — whereas, if what we think we deserve is
greater than what we think we have, then that's where bitterness comes from.
'' As I look back on the
great work that has been done during the past four years you will understand quite well that my first feeling is simply one of
thankfulness to our Almighty God for having allowed me to bring this work to success.
In the
great psalms of thanksgiving — the 103d, for example the physical basis of life was not forgotten as a cause of gratitude, but
thankfulness ranged up into other areas also, such as forgiven sin, the visible execution of divine justice, and the saving experience of divine mercy.
Thankfulness is the key to
greater spiritual resources.
Without
thankfulness for the daily gifts, the
greater gifts of God will not come our way.
They hope to share the
great joy and
thankfulness they have found in pursuing a life made right from the earth.
Love this post on
thankfulness as it reminded me of how lucky I am to have met so many
great friends through blogging, very much including you.
This Thanksgiving, I considered expressing my
thankfulness for
great teachers — but I've got a Teacher Appreciation playlist already that says it all.
I don't have any children yet, but this is such a
great reminder to adults as well and I really think that keeping this mindset of frugality and
thankfulness goes a long way towards shutting the door on the materialistic chaos that plagues our culture.