Day 172 – 3 Trails of Gratitude

Published: Feb. 27, 2016, 4 p.m.

Gratitude Stories

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the following gratitude stories might be helpful to you. They all fall under the theme of 1 Thessalonians 5:18, "Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." Of course, this verse doesn't mean that everything that happens to us is God's will. It's not God's will that we lose our jobs or get a diagnosis of cancer, or that our children make poor choices. What this verse does say is that it's God's will for us to be thankful people in all circumstances, even in hard times — especially in hard times.