“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT
Be thankful in ALL circumstances. ALL? Surely, there are a few exceptions…right? Well, Sister, I have looked, and no, to my dismay, there are not any exceptions. Bummer right? Because I really don’t feel thankful all the time and I can give you a million reasons as to why!
But my million reasons why, do not compare to just this one command from His Word. When He says “all”, He means ALL… I didn’t even have to go to dictionary.com to make sure I fully understood what He meant. All means all.
What I have come to learn is that when I do choose to give thanks, even when I don’t feel like it, God blesses me, He gives me His peace and He opens my eyes to a new perspective on whatever the situation may be that I would rather complain about than give thanks for. He tells us again in Ephesians “always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:20)
Give thanks in all circumstances and for everything. If I can just be honest with you, this is really hard for me to do sometimes. I tend to complain first and then give thanks for my situation. Life is just so overwhelming and busy sometimes that I just feel like I have the right to complain and vent! Can you relate?
Sister, our job is to turn to the Father and give thanks to Him for everything. The good, the bad, and even the things we don’t think are fair…everything.
This holiday season, I am choosing to be more mindful of giving thanks. I am choosing to work on resetting my default response from complaining to thanking! In all things. Would you join me?! I know we will all be so grateful that we did.
Love,
Ashley McClain and the Help Club for Moms Team
🙏 Pray with me-
Lord, I pray for the mama who feels overwhelmed today. I pray that as she wants to complain about the situation that she is in, she would pause and give thanks instead. That she would turn her focus to You instead of her situation. I thank you for giving Her Your peace and perspective.
We love You Jesus! In Your name, we pray, Amen!
I am a dreamer who comes up with a lot of ideas but rarely follows through with most of them because I am so afraid to fail.Can anyone relate?? I started a video podcast and it was completely out of my comfort zone to say the least… did I mention I also strongly dislike cameras?! You can see the problem there right?But I have decided to follow through on this idea because I felt strongly that it was from the Lord. So I am leaning on Him to calm my fears and lead the way.So we began the What If? Video Podcast and completed the tagline“who could I be if…. I wasn’t afraid to fail".” I hope you will join me on this journey, and my prayer is that you can find some encouragement to whatever your “What If?” in life my be!
On a personal note, I have been married to my best friend for 7 years now! We just had our first baby and he has brought so much joy to our lives. He was worth every single year of waiting. We have two dog babies and live outside of Nashville, TN.
Connect with Ashley at https://www.ashleylmcclain.com/
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