President Plantinga

These words are marinating in my mind from one of my mentors in a meditation we heard Tuesday night. (not a direct quote)

Gratitude needs to be like breathing for a Christian. We inhale God’s good gifts, we exhale thanksgiving. Just like children, we need to be taught to be grateful, but with God’s grace, it can become as natural as breathing. Even in intense hardships (beatings, imprisonment, hunger, oppression), the Apostle Paul never wavered in the necessity of giving thanks, even stating it 3 successive times in his beautiful chapter of Colossians 3.