Thankfulness

Holy, Holy, Holy is God-of-the-Angel-Armies. His bright glory fills the whole earth. The foundations trembled at the sound of the angel voices, and then the whole house filled with smoke. Isaiah 6:3

I am filled with so much thankfulness today! I know that God has been teaching me to be thankful in all circumstances and in everything and today my heart is bursting with thanksgiving!

I have so much to be thankful for and I praise God for all of it. Now, I know it sounds like something big and awesome has happened and that I should reveal it anytime, but the truth is nothing amazingly big has happened. It's just one of those days where my heart is full of joy and I'm praising God for it all!

I know that life is hard and, trust me, I know that at times it feels like there is nothing to be thankful about. I want to share a quote from my devotional that really made me think about those situations and moments in life. It is written as if God was speaking to us:

When you criticize or complain, you are acting as if you think you could run the world better than I do. From your limited human perspective, it may look as if I'm mismanaging things. But you don't know what I know or what I see. 

I think this really puts things into perspective, at least for me. When I complain about things I'm just showing my unbelief and I'm not practicing faith. I have been working on this a lot and I know that God has showed me so much since I've been doing this. He has really given me a stronger faith and has never let me down.

It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going. 2 Corinthians 5:7 

Thank God no matter what happens. 1 Thessalonians 5:18