Zachary Peters

Three Practical Reasons to be Thankful:

1. Thankfulness shrinks the power of adverse situations in our lives by forcing our mind off those situations that otherwise might consume our time and energy.

2. Thankfulness elevates the positives in our lives that we too easily forget. How often do we have five good days in a row, and the minute something bad happens, those good days fly out of our minds?

3. (For Christians) Even amid pain or problems, thankfulness is a form of faith and obedience that lifts the burden of trying to have everything together or perfect.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.