December 2023 - Gratitude
Becoming great means becoming grateful.
This is why gratitude is more important than we realize. As we practice gratitude, it shifts who we are and what we focus on.
It takes our eyes off what we don't have and puts it on what we do have. This can be hard to do as there is a constant tension between wanting more and being grateful, but we always have a choice.
We can choose to look at the more we want, or we can choose to look at the plenty that we have. If we are so focused on future desires, we won't be focused and grateful for the present moment that we're in now.
And that's why gratitude is not a feeling it's a disciplined response. It's a disciplined response to choose to look at what we do have - which then produces a feeling of gratefulness.
And not only does it look at what we have, but it also looks at the one who gave it to us – God. Gratitude to God is personal and can manifest in various ways:
Prayer
Worship
Declarations
Devotion
Service
So, starting today, let's choose to operate in gratitude by being grateful for what we have and grateful to the one who gave it to us!
