Quotes about Gratitude

The best things in life are gifts from the One who steadfastly loves us. But an important question to ask ourselves is this: are we in love with God or just His stuff?

Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

What does the divine sufferer (Jesus) demand from us? Only our faith, our love, our grateful praise, our consecrated hearts and lives. Is that too much to ask?

Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?

Jesus went without comfort so that you might have it. He postponed joy so that you might share in it. He willingly chose isolation so that you might never be alone in your hurt and sorrow. He had no real fellowship so that fellowship might be yours, this moment. This alone is enough cause for great gratitude!

AS a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful. He's asking you to give thanks. There's a big difference. One response involves emotions, the other your choices, your decisions about a situation, your intent, your 'step of faith.

This paralysis is my greatest mercy.7

My wheelchair was the key to seeing all this happen—especially since God's power always shows up best in weakness. So here I sit … glad that I have not been healed on the outside, but glad that I have been healed on the inside. Healed from my own self-centered wants and wishes.