How often do you take a moment and just thank God for being faithful to you? We should make it a daily habit. I was having a “can’t figure out what is going on with my laptop” moment this morning, and was disgruntled, frustrated, and a little bit snippy because I couldn’t get it to do what I needed it to do. In a moment like now, I’m not thinking of God’s faithfulness, or how much joy God has brought to my life. My mind is way far from that. But thanking God for His faithfulness is where it ought to be. I have a great computer, thank God, I have a mind that is sharp (computers and most things technical are a bit of a mystery to me!), and a house that is comfortable, kids that love me even when I snip at them, and a very blessed life. This little blip on my computer screen is a very minor difficulty. A habit is something that we do over and over again, in fact, we do it so much that it becomes a natural response. Can we make our natural response in those frustrating moments, a time for gratitude instead? We can when we mix our natural with God’s super….We can live supernaturally, our response doesn’t have to be like the world’s response. So next time, I’ll do better. I’m speaking words of blessing over my blessed, wonderful, helpful, useful, efficient computer! I hope you’ll speak words of blessing over difficulties in your life too.
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