To give thanks is a grace in itself because it is impossible
to be genuinely grateful and feel entitled at the same time. To relinquish entitlement is to embrace life
as it truly is: a gift, free and undeserved.
Regret also has no place in the practice of giving thanks. If remembrance of past mistakes stains the
present day, the gift of forgiveness wipes everything clean and new. We know that love is stronger than hate, so
why do we doubt that regret is overcome by gratitude?
Blessings withheld are still blessed. By faith, I can thank
God not only for what he has given, but also what he has not given—even good
things. If I was created to experience only that which is good that does not
mean it is good for me to experience all good things; after all, I am finite. Besides, what is good for another may not be good
for me. So, contentment also coincides with gratitude and comparison has no place in genuine thanksgiving.
Let me be content. Let me lay down regret. Let me forgive
and be forgiven. Let me give thanks, not only with my lips but in my life as
well.
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