Giving and Receiving

 Giving & Receiving

Sun’s arising.

New day dawning.

Songbirds awaking.

Welcoming morning

by singing

songs of thanksgiving.

Although not certain what the day will bring

songbirds begin each day with thanksgiving

shared with us in the songs they’re singing.

Have you noticed that’s how their day starts?

With joyful music heard from their heart.

Something of which we should all take part.

“When morning gilds the skies

my heart awaking cries...

may Jesus Christ be praised!”...

should always begin our days.

Though we never know what each day may bring,

we know there is always much thanks we should be giving

for God’s daily faithfulness for the lives we’re living.

We take so much for granted that others are praying for:

even basic necessities like electricity and water.

When was the last time you thanked Christ the Lord for?

Let’s be like the birds each morning and evening

as they thank God each morning before receiving

then again at evening after daily receiving.

May our day start with joyful thankfulness

to our Creator for His faithfulness

from a heart filled with much gratefulness.

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Happiness begins

with each day’s dawning,

not due to receiving,

but from a heart of thanksgiving

for many daily blessings

that the Lord is freely giving.

Here’s a lesson

to be learning:

to offer up thanksgiving

before receiving.

To give thanks before receiving,

then again after receiving.

Always giving thanks to God the Father

for everything,

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:20

Let us continually offer to God

a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips

that confess his name.

Hebrews 13:15

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