The discipline of gratitude
It's rare that I quote an entire post on this blog. It's just about as rare that someone packs so much truth into so few words as Mark Frost does in this post:
Just a quick little truism: gratitude gives birth to joy, and joy gives rise to generosity. And gratitude is a decision. But it's more than a single decision. It's a discipline, in the sense that training for an athletic event is a discipline. It is a single-minded focus that governs many other decisions. You don't become a grateful person by accident. It's the result of hundreds of seemingly inconsequential decisions to choose thankfulness over griping, complaining and bitterness. But the fruit of those decisions is really sweet: a rich source of joy within and a spirit of generosity that blesses others.Amen.
posted by Milton Stanley at 7:13 AM
3 Comments:
Thanks for the post. I was recently reflecting on this discipline and found it to be missing in my life. After reading Colossians, I was spurred on to thank God more for what He has done and is doing and is going to do. It definitely is owing to who He is but Oh, how often I neglect to give thanks! Good words, I need the constant encouragement and I am sure others do as well. Thank God for you and your ministry to us. Blessings.
Exactly. I pray it doesn't take a depression or some other calamity to bring out the best in the church in the U.S.
Thanks for your kind words, Brian. Praise God that he used Colossians to spur you on to a deeper sense of gratitude. Peace.
Milton
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