“'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” Alice Walker When I was a teenager and would lay in my bed preparing to drift off to sleep, I used to thank God in my prayers for everything he had done for me that day. I wouldn’t really get into specifics, mind you. I’d just say, “God, thank you for everything,” so that I’d be sure to cover everything. It was more of a generic “let me thank Him before I go to sleep and make sure to thank Him for everything so He doesn’t think I’ve forgotten about Him, which would then make Him angry with me.” I had “daddy” issues, and as those things often play out, it influenced my attitude and beliefs about my Heavenly Father. Gratitude was motivated by guilt and obligation. There wasn’t much, if any, joy involved. It was something I felt I had to do to avoid bad things, not a response to good things.
Garden of Gratitude
Garden of Gratitude
Garden of Gratitude
“'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” Alice Walker When I was a teenager and would lay in my bed preparing to drift off to sleep, I used to thank God in my prayers for everything he had done for me that day. I wouldn’t really get into specifics, mind you. I’d just say, “God, thank you for everything,” so that I’d be sure to cover everything. It was more of a generic “let me thank Him before I go to sleep and make sure to thank Him for everything so He doesn’t think I’ve forgotten about Him, which would then make Him angry with me.” I had “daddy” issues, and as those things often play out, it influenced my attitude and beliefs about my Heavenly Father. Gratitude was motivated by guilt and obligation. There wasn’t much, if any, joy involved. It was something I felt I had to do to avoid bad things, not a response to good things.