Thankfulness Blossoms

What I’m thankful for

Blossoms more each day

As, in light, the Lord

Tutors while I pray

Giving thanks heals my heart

As it expands my mind

It springs not of my lips that part

But of my soul refined

We can choose to be grateful, no matter what.

“This type of gratitude transcends whatever is happening around us. It surpasses disappointment, discouragement, and despair. It blooms just as beautifully in the icy landscape of winter as it does in the pleasant warmth of summer.

When we are grateful to God in our circumstances, we can experience gentle peace in the midst of tribulation. In grief, we can still lift up our hearts in praise. In pain, we can glory in Christ’s Atonement. In the cold of bitter sorrow, we can experience the closeness and warmth of heaven’s embrace.

We sometimes think that being grateful is what we do after our problems are solved, but how terribly shortsighted that is. How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain?

Being grateful in times of distress does not mean that we are pleased with our circumstances. It does mean that through the eyes of faith we look beyond our present-day challenges.

This is not a gratitude of the lips but of the soul. It is a gratitude that heals the heart and expands the mind.”

http://www.yourldsblog.com/2014/11/22/thankfulness-blossoms/

Grateful in Any Circumstance  President Dieter F. Uchtdorf  April 2014

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.   Henry Ward Beecher