Psalm 140:13 (NIV) Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.
Isaiah 38:19 (NIV) The living, the living--they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.
Matthew 15:36-37 (NIV) 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. 37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
If thankfulness arises through prosperity, well and good. But what are you going to do when the prosperity fails? If thankfulness springs up through health, well and good. But what will you do when disease makes you bedridden? Must you then become glum or bitter? But now, supposing it is through our dear Lord Christ that you cultivate the fine art of thanksgiving, then what? Then money in the bank, however useful, does not have me at its mercy: if I lose it, I can still offer thanks. -- Paul Stromberg Rees
