Give Thanks, Always!

16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing,

18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Greetings,

It is easy to live in the past dwelling on pain and disappointments and to complain about what you don't have or what you want. However, there is a time for everything, and that goes for mourning, regret, etc. God does not want us to hold onto things from our past. He wants us to forgive and let it go so He can take you where He wants you to be, a better place. How can you minister to another when you can't let go and trust God in your own life? It takes true strength and faith to look at the now and give thanks to God for where you are and for what you do have and even thank Him for what you have been through. Everything good and bad molds us into the person God wants us to be.

If you speak continually on how others hurt or let you down, then you are living in the past when you should be living in the now. If we truly forgive others (as God has told us we must do) then there is no need to further speak on the things someone put you through, unless it is for the sole purpose of ministering to someone (that is why God allows us to go through things so we can be sensitive to others) who is currently experiencing what you went through, so you can show them that they too can get past it.

So make today the day you forgive and let those people go. They are living their life. So live yours too. Complain less and pray more. Turn that negative energy into positive energy to bring Glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! And above all else, thank God for everything, both good and bad. He wants us to trust Him, not doubt Him, because that is His will for us. Amen.

Shannon E.Robinson~Child of the Most High~
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." ~JOHN 14:6