Giving Thanks

With the oxygen of appreciation of the life God gives us every time we inhale, every exhale should carry elements of thanks for the mercies, goodness and grace of God that sustain us and bless us on our way. A life of prayer without thanks is akin to a speech impediment in communion with God. Thanks is the reflex of humility that recognizes with the apostle: "What do we have that we have not received?" (1 Cor. 4:7) May the Lord bless this day to give thanks to Him in the hearing of family and friends and train us each and every day to give thanks in all things with the perfect diction of His sanctifying grace.