I love church billboards – you know, the little nuggets of wisdom displayed on the church signs. It is just enough information to take in while driving and gives one something to consider through out the day. Last week on my way home from work I came across a church billboard, “What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?”
It happened to be one of those days when I could only focus on the rough spots, the negative issues, and the “nothing anybody can do about it” helpless attitudes. And so I began, verbally, the list for the things in my life that I am thankful. My mood began to change. It was hard to focus on what I didn’t have and who wasn’t in my life for all that I did have and for all those who are in my life.
Today, celebrate what you do have. Thank God for all the blessings in your life, for His favor, for His love, for the people He has surrounded you with to love. Thank God for His goodness and mercy. See how a little gratitude can change your attitude.
Psalm 100:4, “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”
