I love that this section that focuses on giving thanks to God has the header of joy and peace in my Bible. I think that these things are closely woven together: gratitude, joy, peace. Each feeds the other.
Recognizing all that we have to be thankful for and offering our thanks, daily, for those blessings leads to a sense of joy and peace. If all we focus on are the things we wish we had or that which is just out of our reach, we will never be at peace, never able to recognize the holiness in the present moment.
Today, spend some time with this passage from Philippians.
Spend time today praying and pondering upon, “whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Let your prayers of thanks be heard.
Let your heart rest in God’s peace.
Let that peace become joy.
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