October 24

" G iving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Ephesians 5:20

The redeemed of the Lord should ever be praising Him who has saved us in His rich grace and who lavishes upon us evidence after evidence of His Fatherly love and care. An unthankful child of God is a strange anomaly. Praise should ever be welling up in the hearts of those who recognize their constant indebtedness to the divine mercy and compassion. We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. When tempted to doubt and fear, begin to praise God for past mercies, and faith will be increased.

We thank Thee Thou hast spared the lives

Of those we love, that peaceful rest

Succeeding days of work well done

Have made our lives serene and blest.

But more we thank Thee that we know,

That come what may of grief or pain,

Thy power will not, cannot, fail;

Thy love will still our hearts sustain.

We thank Thee that though hills be moved,

And though earth reel beneath the shock

Of tumult, we have naught to fear

Who stand upon the ageless Rock.