All of life is a gift.
James 1:17 says that, ‘Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.’ Psalm 16:2 says, ‘I have no good apart from you.’
Every good thing in your life is a gift from your Father. And every difficult thing is being redeemed for your good and His glory. As Tim Keller says, “Your bad things turn out for good, your good things can never be lost, and the best things are yet to come.”
On this Thanksgiving weekend, let your heart dwell on the gift of life and on the redeeming gift of the Gospel. Let bitterness dissolve into gratitude as you look on the face of God’s unmerited love for you in Jesus.
Here are 6 quotes from Christians authors, who understood that a life of thanksgiving is the only response to the gospel.
1. “It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
2. “We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.” – C.S. Lewis
3. “Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.” – A.W. Tozer
4. “Genuine thankfulness is an act of the heart’s affections, not an act of the lips’ muscles.” – John Piper
5. “I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that, I still possess.” – Corrie ten Boom
6. “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – G.K. Chesterton
