Gratitude

I hope I get forgiven for being so far away, yet very close?🥺 

A lot has been going on in my head and I promise to share once I can fully comprehend them. But before then, I thought to drop this here, and I hope it helps someone.

I Got up to read one of my favourite devotionals this morning but when I saw the topic "Gratitude", I just felt there really wasn't anything new to learn. Notwithstanding, I read it but definitely didn't study it. 

Fast forward to me going about my daily activities with hindrances everywhere. 

First, the cooking gas finished just in the middle of preparing breakfast, then many more annoying events occurred. At some point, I got really irritated and angry that I punched hard at a wooden door and flung it open (I still don't know how that door didn't come down, because the force I used on it ehn😂).

I had a lot of frustrations that I had been suppressing, and the stuffs going on in the day were not helping matters. 

Sadly, I took out a little of my anger on someone, which I definitely don't feel good about (I have apologized please). I mean it was just not the kind of day I wanted. 

The Holy Spirit then brought my attention back to what I read in that devotional, Gratitude.

I went back to read carefully and a paragraph jumped at me.. "Thousands of people struggle daily with discouragement and frustration, or at least with discontentment, even though they're surrounded by prosperity and property. Why is this? Why does there seem to be so little contentment in the midst of such enormous wealth? Perhaps it is because we have neglected to develop grateful hearts".

Somehow, this ministered to me and I discovered that allowing anger and frustration overwhelm me, didn't help solve any problem in the day.

The problem wasn't that I had been unlucky today, it was that I had failed to stir up myself in habitual and genuine gratitude to God. If for nothing at all, for the fact that I could have received help from him if I had asked. Ideas began to pop up in my head as to how I could have dealt with certain issues in the day, if I hadn't allowed anger consume my being. 

Now, I'm not saying you're not allowed to get angry. I'm saying try as much as possible to get pass that anger by acknowledging the wisdom of God that has been made available for you. In that moment of frustration, think of all the little but timely blessings God had given you, and a solution to your current problem will surface. Maybe not immediately but surely.

Always remember, the most powerful miracles in the Bible were done with gratitude. It's not enough to thank him for previous breakthroughs, do well to thank him for current setbacks too.

I hope we get the gist of this long story😊. As for me, I failed the test today, but I learnt a significant lesson😌.

That's about it people of God... Thank you for reading☺️ and if you didn't read through, thank you too 😚😂.

I hope to hear from you in the comment section ❤️