It is Good to Give Thanks to the LORD

It was an unusually mild late afternoon and Patty asked if I wanted to go for a walk. After some coaxing I reluctantly said yes. As I slipped on my shoes she mentioned, “Why don’t we make this a thankful prayer walk!” To be honest I wasn’t in the mood for her plan but decided I couldn’t really say no to the idea.

For the first few blocks she started us out and eventually I thought I better offer up some thanks as well. Before you know it a dam broke and my mind was flooded with reasons to pour out praise. Even those painful places in the past year turned into reasons to thank a faithful Father for His Shepherding along the unexpected twists and turns.

The 3 mile journey ended up almost an hour and seemed like only a few minutes. We got caught up in a sacred place where our hearts found a river of peace that carried us along. Our thankfulness list was inexhaustible. We recalled miracles of our Heavenly Father’s faithful provision, His abundant grace, and magnificent displays of the sunset over the Rocky Mountains.

Right before I wrote this blog I was reading Psalm 92 during my morning devotions which starts out:

“It is good to give thanks to the LORD. To sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your steadfast love in the morning and Your faithfulness by night…” (vs. 1-2).

A spirit of thankfulness and praise is truly “good” for the soul. It helps us enter into the rhythm of heaven where praise permeates everything. The source of our thanks and praise is the “Most High” who has brought us a saving love in His Son Jesus, such love will never ever let us go.

Psalm 136 is another that highlights the goodness of God and reminds us to give thanks.  It repeats this truth 26 times:

“For His steadfast love endures forever.”

Our thankfulness walk reminded me of how good it is to give thanks to a Father for everything especially for His enduring, and saving love that has been sealed by Christ’s finished work on the cross. There is no greater gift!!

As 2026 arrives I pray the Holy Spirt  will help us in this New Year to “continually give thanks to the LORD!” To declare His faithful love at the start the day, to continue to give thanks through out the day, and end each day with a  grateful heart.