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Day Twenty Three - Thankfulness: think on


Some brief thoughts for your Monday. May they help to rise refreshed and encouraged:


"I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods. I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honour of your name." - Psalm 138


“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” - John F. Kennedy


“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” —Elie Wiesel


“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which everyone has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which we all have some.” — Charles Dickens


“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” — William Faulkner


“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward


“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” — Vietnamese Proverb


“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” — Robert Brault


“‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.” — Alice Walker


“I can no other answer make, but, thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks.” — William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night


"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." - Alphonse Karr


“It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” – Anonymous


A prayer

Thank You, Lord, For This Fine Day,

Right Where We Are.


Alleluia, Praise The Lord!

Right Where We Are.


Thank You, Lord, For Loving Us,

Right Where We Are.


Thank You, Lord, For Giving Us Peace,

Right Where We Are.


Thank You, Lord, For Setting Us Free,

Right Where We Are.

Diane Davis Andrew

©1971,1975 Celebration/Kingsway’s Thankyou Music.


A Quote

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