This, my son, is how you should begin your life according to God. You should continually and unceasingly call to mind all the blessings which God in His love has bestowed upon you in the past, and still bestows for the salvation of your soul. You must not let forgetfulness of evil or laziness make you grow unmindful of these many and great blessings, and so pass the rest of your life uselessly and ungratefully. For this kind of continual recollection, pricking the heart like a spur, moves it constantly to confession and humility, to thanksgiving with a contrite soul, and to all forms of sincere effort, repaying God through its virtue and holiness. In this way the heart meditates constantly and conscientiously on the words from the Psalms:
What shall I give to the Lord in return for all His benefits towards me? - Ps. 116:12
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I love this and have sent this around. Also, it has actually helped to remind me to just stop and simply express gratitude for my being, my God, His provision, His mercy, all things. I hope it continues and eventually becomes a habit. Were we to remember this ceaselessly it would never adequately honor Him for His gifts.
Indeed. One of the biggest spiritual obediences I face these days is to be thankful in/for my job. Mindfulness of God's faithfulness to use such circumstance for my salvation has been foundational in keeping me from despair.
Also, came across this post that speaks to the same thing.
Horses and Chariots
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