Today is a day to spend with some of my immediate family. Today is a day I get to partake in the ridiculous abundance our country offers. Today is a day to spend concentrating on the things I take for granted every day and neglect to say, “Thank you” to the God who provides me so much without seeming to take into account that I deserve nothing.

It is my hope that I soon will learn how to be thankful for the things I do not want to endure. My gratitude simply must extend beyond the “happy” things.  To be thankful when life is tough or even awful, is a place of joy I want to be able to say I reside.

May God be continually patient as he works that character into me.

Read Psalm 92 today with your family.