Thoughts on Thankfulness

"The height of joy is dependent on the depth of thankfulness."
"I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks for early light dappled through leaves and the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives."

"I will praise the name of God with a song. I will magnify him with thanksgiving." Psalm 69:30

"Never is God's omnipotence and omniscience diminutive. God is not in need of magnifying by us so small, but the reverse. It is our lives that are little and we have falsely inflated self, and in thanks we decrease and the world returns right. I say thanks and I swell with Him, and I swell the world and He stirs me, joy all afoot." These are a few quotes from the book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. I haven't actually read this book, but someone sent me the quotes and I am so intrigued. My mom is almost done with it, and she said as soon as she finishes it she is going to start it over again. It must be that good. I love where she was going with these thoughts. Being thankful is ultimately to glorify God! When we are thankful, we are put in our rightful place under our creator, and we can have joy in his blessings. Then, we we are satisfied in him, he is glorified! I know it's a few days late for a Thanksgiving post, but my perspective has been changed this year when I think about the true purpose of giving thanks. And of all of life!