12 Disciplines of a Grateful Heart

Part 7

Give your attention and care to those whose lives

 make your particular blessings stand out by comparison.

How many times do we feel discouraged about our circumstances? Often. But when we take a look around, we will always find someone who is worse off than us. Our blessings stand out in comparison to what they’re going through.

One of the ways to develop a grateful heart is to look for those less fortunate than us and give them our attention and care. We will soon see that we are blessed beyond measure. Our problems pale into insignificance when we see what others are dealing with. We can lift up our voices in praise to God for His goodness.

Some around us are dealing with a terminal illness, or the death of a child, or a crumbling marriage or bankruptcy or any number of things. And yet, we like to think that our particular problem is insurmountable and devastating and there is no way we can praise God. But God gives us what we can bear and He never forsakes us.

The lost world doesn’t have the hope we have, and if we stop and look and listen, we will see how truly blessed we are and it should cause us to fall on our faces in worship of such a great God, who knows our weaknesses yet chooses to shower his love upon us, each and every day.

Psalm 35:27

 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:

 yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,

 which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.