This week, gather with family. Wrap yourself in Thanksgiving warmth. Pause to reflect, watch football, and eat. And try to be grateful. Not just acknowledge Thanksgiving Day, but actually try to be grateful. Because, you may have noticed, it seems like we are not really very grateful these days. There might be a reason for that. In the last of his letters preserved in the Bible, Paul described to his young friend Timothy characteristics of…
In study after study, psychologists have echoed a biblical truth: Gratitude is good for you. For instance, a 2018 exploringyourmind.com article declared, “Gratitude is good for you — amazingly healthy for those who practice it. Being grateful not only helps us cultivate emotional well-being and regulate stress, but also has a positive impact on our physical health.” According to the article, some of the benefits of cultivating gratitude include lowering your stress, increasing the desire…
Struggling with gratitude in the season of Thanksgiving? Here’s a question. How do you define yourself? There are only two ways—by what people think of you, or by what God thinks of you. Sadly, we spend much of our lives comparing ourselves to other people and trying to validate ourselves that way. And with social media, comparison-itis has become virtually an epidemic. And comparing ourselves to others, trying to please other people, does not set…