Sunday I preached a message on gratitude. I had heard a message on gratitude and I needed to share some of the points with the church.
There is a difference between praise and thanksgiving. Praise is acknowledging who God is, and thanksgiving is acknowledging what He has done. Based on praise and thanksgiving we need to be grateful people.
One thing we talked about is that gratitude in never invisible or silent. If you really are grateful you’ll show it and you’ll say it. Don’t assume your spouse knows you are grateful for her, tell her and show her. Don’t assume your kids know you are grateful for them.
I’ve been thinking of ways to do this practically in my life. I had someone buy me a meal the other week and I was grateful. Since I was grateful I wrote a thank you card. I want to show it and say it because that’s what it means to be grateful.
I was actually grateful that I got to help babysit a very happy baby boy for my friends not long ago. I had my video camera and I shot all kinds of video so I could put a video together to surprise them. I wanted to show you the video I made.
Look for ways this week to practically show gratitude.
