Sunday’s Food for Thought: Are we grateful for our everyday-ness?
If someone were to ask, ‘What are you grateful for?’, what would our answer be?
Would we only remember ‘spectacular’ incidents?
(eg. the time when we were NEARLY involved in an accident but was spared from it, or the time when many people at work were retrenched EXCEPT me / my spouse)
Or would we remember to be grateful for our ‘everyday-ness’ ?
(eg. the fact that we can wake up in the morning healthy and well, or the fact that we still receive a paycheck at the end of the month – if you’re working fulltime)
Many of us have the tendency to only be grateful for ‘more spectacular’ incidents in life.
But, not quite for simple ‘everyday things’ in life.
And, we have the tendency to not relate our everyday-ness with God’s presence. That they’re in fact blessings from above, however simple they may seem.
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Those who find it hard to relate their ‘everyday-ness’ with God’s presence and goodness will surely find it hard to praise God too for His goodness and blessings the way the psalmist below did:
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-
Psalm 103:1-2
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As we begin our days this year, let’s remember to be grateful to God for simple everyday things, however UN-spectacular they may seem.
Let’s count our blessings.
[This post is based on my personal reflection upon listening to Rev. Dr. Billy Kristanto’s sermon today]
