Journal Entry ~ 09/30/17
1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble 3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. - Psalm 107:1-3 If there’s one thing I’ve found to be true and constant in my life, it’s that when God says to do something, He says it for a reason. So because God calls us to be thankful in this passage, we need to work toward developing an attitude of gratitude. But that’s not all He says in those first two verses. He also tells us to “say so.” We’re not just supposed to be thankful in our hearts, we’re supposed to speak our gratitude out loud to others. We don’t have any problem speaking our complaints out loud to others, so we shouldn’t hesitate to speak our gratitude out loud. Can you imagine what this world would look or sound like if people shared how thankful they were as much as they complained?? I...