It’s a hard season to be grateful in, isn’t it? Many spouses have spent this entire year on edge, emotionally drained, and just kind of mentally exhausted. If we’re not careful in our marriages, it gets really easy to begin to focus on all that is wrong, instead of recognizing all that is good and right.
It’s important to remember that gratefulness is a choice. It’s not our nature to look for the good and to be grateful. In order to walk with an attitude of gratitude in our marriage, we must intentionally…
· Stop- Stop and think, “What am I grateful for?”
· Look- Look around. Stay present. “What around me is good, right in this moment?”
· Go- Move forward keeping an eternal focus. “In light of eternity, how big is this problem, really?”
Quotes from the episode
“Gracefulness keeps us from focusing on our spouse’s flaws”
“When we focus on our problems, it makes being grateful hard”
“Ultimately, what we want for the people we love is for them to be whole and free.”
“Being grateful doesn’t diminish our problems, it just gives them proper perspective.”
“So it is not happiness that makes us grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes us happy” – David Steindl-Rast
Verses:
1 Peter 4:8
1 Thessalonians 5:8
This is so true. Since i started the devotion ‘Praying for your husband’, i am developing an unexpected gratitude for him. I confess i was ready to end the relationship, but now i see more of his good points than the ones that irritate me. There is an air of calm, happiness and appreciation, a freedom to become more relaxed to do fun things together
Thank you for your words of encouragement. I really do appriciate you both.
May Elohim Yahweh bless you both.
Shalom blessings