Our pastor, James MacDonald, has a knack for crafting these sayings that stick with you. They're bits of truth that shake up the soul (in the best way possible, of course). They answer questions that plague your psyche; break the strongholds that hide in your spirit. The saying shown above is one of my favorites. It's a beautiful reminder that a heart and mind steeped in thankfulness will elevate your life to new heights. That something as "simple" as gratitude has the power to lift us up out of even the darkest of places. Intentional, authentic gratefulness. It may not obliterate every speck of the difficulty in your life, but it will allow for a quenching joy over that life as a whole...hardships and all.
My current elevation must be fairly close to the ground, as I've allowed myself to be weighed down by complications instead of lifted in thanks. My thoughts and emotions are in need of a major upheaval; a pendulum swing towards a higher altitude from an improved attitude. Where the gratitude begins to quiet the chaos. I've decided to embark on a journey of daily thankfulness through Easter.
Today, I'm thankful for God's healing and redeeming love. For the mind blowing fact that, while I was still a sinner, Christ took to the cross to bear my faults and pay my penalties. I am so humbled in reverence to his selfless sacrifice in death and his unequivocal victory in the resurrection. He took the darkness of my sin and paved me a way to the Father. By his wounds, on the day of my salvation and every day, I am healed.
Romans 5:8
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crust for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
Romans 8:37-39
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height or death, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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