This week the Lord put it on our heart to write about
gratitude.
Gratitude allows us to see God’s goodness despite what we
think, feel, or experience at the moment.
When I pause to give thanks, the tentacles of bitterness,
jealousy, or self-pity lose their grip on my heart and fall away.
Gratitude protects my heart relationships—with the Lord and with
others.
Anytime I feel like God’s holding out on me—that He doesn’t
really love me, and He’s not really for me—I have learned that practicing
gratitude forces those false feelings to flee in the presence of the light of
His goodness, of who He is and all that He has done.
Truth wins when we position ourselves to be grateful.
The same applies to your marriage.
When you start to feel like your spouse is holding out on you,
doesn’t really love you, or isn’t really for you—begin to give thanks instead
for whom he or she is, for all that your spouse has done before.
If you can’t think of anything to give thanks for, if your
spouse is not walking with the Lord, then begin to ask God to posture your
heart to receive a spirit of gratitude for your spouse. Ask the Lord to show
you how HE SEES your spouse.
Regardless of how you feel,
the Lord has great things to say about the son or daughter He created.
Even if your spouse seems undeserving of your gratitude, begin
to prophesy—to speak truth—to whom he or she will become, whom he or she was
created to be.
One final thought: Be careful with whom you associate. If
your girls’ night out is a weekly husband-bashing party, if your conversations
with co-workers are joke sessions about your “dumb wives,” be cautious.
What you listen to and associate yourself with will affect
your heart condition: how you view your spouse and whether you speak gratitude.
Surround yourself with people who are proud of their
marriage and who speak positively about their spouse—it will make a difference.
Dear ones, God is for your marriage. Even if it seems
hopeless now, He doesn’t feel that way.
Position your heart to be grateful and see how powerfully
your marriage is affected!
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