In an arsenal that’s supposed to include things like mountain-moving faith, radical obedience, patient long-suffering, and second-mile self-denial, gratitude can feel like an optional add-on. Nice if you can get it, but not all that critical to making life run the way...
Gratitude is part of the natural law; it’s part of the moral law. You don’t need the Word of God to know that you should be thankful or grateful. God never says, “I command you to be grateful.” It’s just assumed that you know that.
“And the man bowed low in homage to the Lord.” Genesis 24:26 NJPS Gratitude is the root of both goodness and happiness. Here the servant of Abraham acknowledges the obvious movement of God in the tide of man’s affairs. Some translations say “he...
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
And evening passed and morning came, marking a new day. And God saw that it was good. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.