Still on My Mind

Gratitude. I wrote about it last week, and here I am writing about it again. Maybe that is because this is my word right now and it is on my mind consistently. Or maybe it is because I am in the middle of writing Thank You notes to all of the 2019 Vine to Wine 1/2 Marathon and 5K sponsors. Either way, it is not a bad thing for it to still be on my mind.

Today, though, I want to take a little different view and ask this question: how often do you tell people that you are grateful for them or that you appreciate one of their attributes or something that they do?

It is one thing to keep a gratitude journal and express our thankfulness to God for the various ways in which we have been blessed, and even to write down someone’s name or action in your journal as a way of thanking God for them, but it is quite another to actually verbalize to a person how grateful you are for them. And I think that this is something that is sorely missing in our world right now.

We are quick to point out when we don’t like something, when we are frustrated with someone, when someone’s beliefs don’t match with our own. What if we were as quick to point out the good stuff? And more than just a simple, “Thank You,” (but even that would be welcomed). A real, heartfelt moment of face-to-face gratitude. How different would the world be if that were our default? Even simple things like instead of saying, “I’m sorry for being late,” saying, “Thank you for being patient with me. I truly appreciate it.”

Since I didn’t get my Monday post up (again) this week, I am adding a song that expresses this idea. Maybe there is someone in your life that needs to hear this from you. No matter what, let’s work on this gratitude thing together, both expressing it to God and to those that surround us with love and grace.

More Than You’ll Ever Know
Watermark (Nathan & Christy Nockels)

Something brought you to my mind today
I thought about the funny ways you make me laugh
And yet I feel like it’s okay to cry with you

Something about just being with you
When I leave I feel like I’ve been near God
And that’s the way it ought to be, yeah

‘Cause you’ve been more than a friend to me
You fight off my enemies
‘Cause you’ve spoken the truth over my life
And you’ll never know what it means to me
Just to know you’ve been on your knees for me
Oh, you have blessed my life
More than you’ll ever know, yeah, yeah, yeah
More than you’ll ever know, yeah, yeah, yeah

You had faith, when I had none
You prayed God would bring me a brand new song
When I didn’t think I could find the strength to sing

And all the while I’m hoping that I’ll
Do the kind of praying for you that you’ve done for me
And that’s the way it ought to be

You have carried me
You have taken upon a burden that wasn’t your own
And may the blessing return to you
A hundredfold, oh yeah, a hundredfold, oh yeah

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