6-14-12
“Gratitude
is an attitude leading to peace.”
Lord,
It’s
incredible how blessed we are but it’s astounding how easily we can ignore that. Your blessings are a part of your
grace. We have done nothing to
deserve them. Yet somehow, we turn
away from the beautiful things you hold out to us because of a love of
ourselves. The product of
this? Discontent, sorrow, longing,
anger, murder, death, sexual immorality.
We seek our own blessings that we build of broken darkness instead of
your blessings of perfect light.
What are the results of your blessings? Peace, joy, contentment, laughter, giving. “Our” blessings only result in evil,
but yours result in perfect good.
And in that goodness we have peace. We go to sleep knowing you love us, we rise with excitement
to see your beauty in new ways.
The product of this peace is joy, which is like water. It flows through our actions, our
thoughts our lives. May that joy
flow out of our *team today, Lord.
May that joy give us hearts to serve and love others. Reveal to each member of the team your
blessings, so that we may live with a spirit of peace.
I love you,
Mark
* Mark was in Nicaragua with the Norfolk Christian Missions Team.