Don't be a turkey?

Time to fire up the blog again, I have found a book that I think is very good, a book that besides the Bible I can use as a daily devotional. The book is Note to Self by Joe Thorn, so each day I will share the scripture passage a expert from the book and a few of my own thoughts.

Scripture passage Psalm 100: 4-5

Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
⁵ For the Lord is good.
His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

Section from the book

Does gratitude characterize your thoughts of God? Thankfulness is a good test of your faith. Its absence demonstrates that your faith is more lip service than experiential knowledge. Your days, whether easy or difficult, should be filled with thanksgiving because while life changes drastically, your God remains the same forever. He is constant—constantly good, loving, and faithful.

Simple thoughts

Is the only time you give thanks at the beginning of a meal or on a Thursday in November in front of a turkey? If so you are a turkey. Thankfulness should be automatic for the believer, and for those who are ungrateful or downright unhappy all of the time where is their faith? Do they stop and think about what God has done for them? You have to wonder? No matter what you are going through give thanks to the fact that God never changes and is never wrong and that EVERYTHING works together for the good of those who love him. Don’t be a turkey thank God early and often throughout every day.