give thanks with a grateful heart

As I went about my day today I allowed the prompts to be thankful resonate. The night before I had checked to see what my "theme" for Thursday was, and "Thankful Thursday" blinked back at me. Now as I sit to write out what I am thankful for this sunny day, the words of an old chorus came to mind: Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son. As the words repeated through my mind I began to think that as much as the things that I am thankful for count, that the bottom line is no matter what does or doesn't transpire in the day my heart and mind has reason to be thankful every hour for what God has done for me in the giving of His Son.

The beauty of "gift of Jesus" is that it means new life, and with that new life is the wonder that fills my days. Throughout the day I was thankful for many things, and rather than look at the negatives of the day, I turned my heart to the positives and the multiple things of which I am thankful for, ranging from cooler weather, to cute shoes, to my lovely IT guy - although until he pointed it out, I didn't know to be thankful for his assitance (more on this later), to home cooked meals, and the love and conversation of family, to community, and awareness, to sunshine, to stillness and movement...and much more.

What are YOU thankful for this week???