When I read something that catches my attention, I oftentimes write it down, or cut it out and put it on my office “board” or on the fridge. Today, as I think about gratitude and being thankful in this season of Thanksgiving, I’d like to share some of those quotes and thoughts. I know the authors of some of these, but others I don’t. Some made me think and reflect, and some brought a smile to my face. I wish each of you a quiet gratitude as you contemplate all that you have been given in this life. Even in the midst of trials, and we all have them, we can always, always, find something to be thankful for. Happiness at this Thanksgiving time to you!
“Sometimes you are delayed where you are because God knows there’s a storm where you’re headed.” (unknown)
“Sometimes when you are in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but actually you’ve been planted.” (Christine Caine)
“When a train goes through a dark tunnel you don’t throw away your ticket and get off. You sit still and trust the engineer.” (Corrie ten Boom)
“ You can only go halfway through the darkest forest; then you are coming out on the other side.” (Chinese proverb)
“ We have an enemy, and it’s NOT each other.” (unknown)
“ Gratitude plus humility equals contentment.” (Rachel Cruze)
“ There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is though everything is a miracle.” (Albert Einstein)
“ The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” (Mary Davis)
“ Comparing myself to other people isn’t making me happy. It’s kind of making me miserable.” (Rachel Cruze)
“ We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” (Cynthia Ozick)
“ There is no pit so deep that He (God) is not deeper still.” (Betsie ten Boom)
“I believe in the sun, even when it’s not shining. I believe in love, even though I don’t feel it. I believe in God, even when He is silent.” (Found written on a cellar wall in Cologne, Germany,
during the Holocaust)
“ The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of faith is the end of anxiety.” (George Mueller)
“ Every miracle in the Bible started as a problem.” (unknown)
“ That which is bitter to endure, may be sweet to remember.” (Thomas Fuller)
“ In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
“ God’s story never ends in ashes” ( Elizabeth Elliot )
“ I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.” ( Psalm 9:1 )
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