This morning I needed to reset. I woke up “on the wrong side of the bed” as the saying goes. I felt off. Grumpy. And in dire need of more than what coffee could provide. But what? What did my heart yearn for and crave?

Each one of us is full of something. What is the main ingredient of your life and heart? Are you full of thanks?  Or thank-filled? What seeds are impeded deep in your heart’s soil?  Are they seeds of thankfulness?  Gratitude?  Appreciation?  Or the contrary, weeds of discontentment?  Ingratitude?  Thanklessness?  What pours out of your words and speech?  

Why are we commanded to rejoice always?  Talk with God continually?  And in everything give thanks?  (I Thessalonians 5:17 ) Perhaps the one who made you and me, knows the deep wiring of our hearts. And the power of gratitude for our souls.

This side of the Garden of Eden, you and I don’t default to a heart of giving thanks.  We don’t naturally pour out gratitude and fill ourselves with thankfulness.  Why would God give us this commandment in His love letter to you and me?  If we already do it; why the need for a commandment? 

There is the answer…because we don’t do it.  We aren’t naturally full of thanks.  It’s a choice. It’s a discipline. It’s a decision to fill ourselves with thanks. And the outcome? Life-changing. Come walk along this road of gratitude and thanks-giving…it maybe exactly what your heart needs to “reset” and live each moment to it’s fullest.