I was chatting with a friend of mine yesterday about having an attitude of thankfulness. Isn't it true that we are raised in a culture that counts it a positive character trait to "never have enough"? Never enough money, never enough status, never enough 'toys', never enough time off work, never enough....

Do we fall into this as believers? Individually, yes, I truly believe we do. We often fall into what my friend called the "prayer request mentality," where we spend most of prayer time requesting things of God, not being satisfied with the status quo in our churches, our lives, our families. Never enough.... Yes, it's true we are to pray for many things - God tells us to ask for the things that are according to His will, but I think we should at the same time cultivate an attitude of thankfulness, so that our hearts are filled with gratefulness every hour of the day for everything with which God has blessed us. There is so much!! And as we do this, I think we will not only be happier because of recognizing everything good He has bestowed on us, but I think we will trust Him more as we consciously remind ourselves of how He has already been faithful.

It's true that there is never enough - never enough praise, never enough trust, never enough thanksgiving. There couldn't possibly ever be enough, considering the One to whom we are relaying all these things. Never enough....

Let's be sure to cultivate attitudes of thankfulness.

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. (Colossians 2:6-7)