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An Attitude of Gratitude

Dee Renaud

Psalm 40:5: “Many, O Lord my God, are

the wonders You have done” (NIV) James

1:17: “Every good and perfect gift is from

above, coming down from the Father of the

heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

(NIV) We have so much to be thankful for! Thanksgiving

Day is a day set apart to reflect on our many blessings. But

how many of us actually do this daily? We don’t really need

a special day to express our thanks, but rather we need to de-

velop an attitude of gratitude wherein we are always express-

ing our gratitude to God for all the blessings He has bestowed

upon us. All that we have is a gift from God. May our lives

be an expression of God’s love for us.

Count Your Blessings

Count your blessings every day

Be they great or small.

Bow your head and humbly pray

To our Saviour, Lord of all.

For life and health, and all good things,

For love and friendship, too.

For all the joy each new day brings

We give our heartfelt thanks to You.

The colors of a rainbow,

A sunset in the sky,

The sun, the moon and stars which glow

Are things we cannot buy.

The laughter of a child at play,

The miracle of birth,

A friendly smile along the way,

What are these blessings worth?

We see the flowers bloom in spring,

The colored leaves of fall.

We hear the birds so sweetly sing,

And thank God for them all.

Be thankful for each blessing,

And when you kneel and pray,

Give thanks at the beginning

And the end of every day.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your great love for

us and for the many blessings that we enjoy each day. For-

give our lack of gratitude and help us to develop an attitude

of gratitude for all that You have done for us, and especially

for the gift of Your Son, Jesus Christ, who gave His very life

for us. Father we thank You. Amen.

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[(c)1993, Dee Renaud. From Daily Devotionals at

http://www.presbyterian.ca/daily/. Dee Renaud writes from

Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Used with permission of the author.]

Woman to Woman

Vol. 4, No. 6

“And ye are complete in him.” Colossians 2:10

Nov./Dec. 2001

Our Mission Statement: Believing that we can find

completeness in all areas of our lives only “in him, who

is the head of all principality and power” (Colossians

2:10), it is the mission of Hearth to Hearth to provide a

forum for Christian women to reach out to each other in

friendship, with joy and hope; and to encourage each

other to find our completeness in Christ as we sojourn

here on our way to the kingdom.