Peace Which Only Thankful Hearts Can Know
January 18.
Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing
which the Lord thy God hath given
unto thee.
DEUTERONOMY 26, verse 11.
Rejoice evermore. In everything give thanks.
1 THESSALONIANS 5, verses 16 and 18.
Grave on thy heart each past "red-letter day"!
Forget not all the sunshine of the way
By which the Lord hath led thee; answered prayers,
And joys unasked, strange blessings, lifted cares,
Grand promise echoes! Thus thy life shall be
One record of His love and faithfulness to thee.
F. R. HAVERGAL.
Gratitude consists in a watchful, minute attention
to the particulars of our state, and to the
multitude of God's gifts, taken one by one.
It fills us with a consciousness that God loves
and cares for us, even to the least event and
smallest need of life. It is a blessed thought, that
from our childhood God has been laying His
fatherly hands upon us, and always in
benediction; that even the strokes of His hands
are blessings, and among the chiefest we have
ever received. When this feeling is awakened,
the heart beats with a pulse of thankfulness.
Every gift has its return of praise. It awakens
an unceasing daily converse with our Father,
He speaking to us by the descent of blessings,
we to Him by the ascent of thanksgiving.
And all our whole life is thereby drawn under
the light of His countenance, and is filled with
a gladness, serenity, and peace which only
thankful hearts can know.
H. E. MANNING.
Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing
which the Lord thy God hath given
unto thee.
DEUTERONOMY 26, verse 11.
Rejoice evermore. In everything give thanks.
1 THESSALONIANS 5, verses 16 and 18.
Grave on thy heart each past "red-letter day"!
Forget not all the sunshine of the way
By which the Lord hath led thee; answered prayers,
And joys unasked, strange blessings, lifted cares,
Grand promise echoes! Thus thy life shall be
One record of His love and faithfulness to thee.
F. R. HAVERGAL.
Gratitude consists in a watchful, minute attention
to the particulars of our state, and to the
multitude of God's gifts, taken one by one.
It fills us with a consciousness that God loves
and cares for us, even to the least event and
smallest need of life. It is a blessed thought, that
from our childhood God has been laying His
fatherly hands upon us, and always in
benediction; that even the strokes of His hands
are blessings, and among the chiefest we have
ever received. When this feeling is awakened,
the heart beats with a pulse of thankfulness.
Every gift has its return of praise. It awakens
an unceasing daily converse with our Father,
He speaking to us by the descent of blessings,
we to Him by the ascent of thanksgiving.
And all our whole life is thereby drawn under
the light of His countenance, and is filled with
a gladness, serenity, and peace which only
thankful hearts can know.
H. E. MANNING.
