Thanks Giving to Thanks Living

 

The pathway to contentment

 is paved in gratitude.

 

 

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”

~ William Arthur Ward

 

 

“Gratitude,

help us to see what

is there instead

of what isn’t.”

~Annette Bridges

 

 

 

“I am grateful for what I am and have.  My thanksgiving is perpetual.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

 

 

“Thankfulness

is the quickest

path to joy.”

~ Jefferson Bethke

 

 

“No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.”

~ James Allen

 

 

“Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.

~ Robert Brathe

 

 

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”

~ G.K. Chesterton

 

 

“Thanksgiving was never meant

to be shut up in a single day.”

~ Robert Caspar Lintner

 

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”

~ A.A. Milne

 

“O Lord that lends

me life, lend me

a heart replete with

thankfulness.”

~ William Shakespeare

 

 

What if today we were just grateful for everything.

 

 

“Always have an

attitude of gratitude.”

~Sterling K. Brown

 

 

“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”

~ Dietrich Bonhoffer

 

“Everything we do

should be a result of

our gratitude for what

God has done for us.”

~ Lauryn Hill

 

 

“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received.  Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling.  Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”

~ Henry Van Dyke

 

 

During this season, may our thanks giving lead to thanks living.  Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Psalm 100:4

 

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 107:1

 

And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of his deeds in songs of joy.

Psalm 107:22

 

giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.   

Ephesians 5:20

 

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:18