I work with kids, and one of the things I say the most is " don't forget to say thank you!".
What's funny is that something that is so simple, something that I have to tell 2 year old's on a daily basis I can forget to do myself.
Many of us say thank you to people who are around us that do something for us that we can see in the moment. But, how many of us thank God on a daily basis for what we have? It's so easy to just expect the things that are around us to always be there.
Everyone has been talking about how hard of a year that 2020 has been, and indeed it's been extremely difficult and life changing for many. But if you are reading this now, you have made it through 11 months out of this year.
I know it can sound cliché to say "be grateful". but in times like these we should be singing praises from our lips more than we find time to complain. God knows everything that we are going through...but imagine everything you have gone through this year without the presence of God.
it's time to remind ourselves that we are MAKING it. It's time to remind ourselves that despite our struggle there are so many things around us that other people would do anything to have. It's time to remind ourselves that we can not forget to stay thankful.
We have to go back to that childlike gratefulness where the simplest things are a reminder to us that it's not so bad after all.
