Appreciation and Gratitude

According to Cambridge: Appreciation is the act of recognizing someone’s worth as a person or showing that you are grateful for something that person has done and gratitude is a strong feeling of appreciation to someone or something for what the person has done to help you. We humans have notoriously short memories. When someone has wronged us once or when that person has fallen short of our expectations, we have the tendency to forget the valuable things that someone has done for us in the past. Sadly, we even attempt to nurture an unforgiving heart within us or put that person down in front of others. One of the liberating truths that every human being should understand is the power of appreciation and gratitude. How wonderful life would be if we will take time to appreciate the people around us and the things that we get to enjoy – even the small things really count! Above all, let us take time to be grateful and appreciate God for this life that He gave us and for the richness of His grace: His forgiveness, salvation and eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 5:18New International Version (NIV) 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Cultivate a heart of appreciation and gratitude and be a blessing to someone today!