While the Thanksgiving holiday is an occasion for feasting, one must not forget the reason underlying the celebration. I thought I would share a few quotes that have inspired me. God bless and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Always Keep our lord and father close to your heart and pray often.
With All our Heart
"It’s so easy in life for us to receive blessings, many of them almost uncounted, and have things happen in our lives that can help change our lives, improve our lives, and bring the Spirit into our lives. But we sometimes take them for granted. How grateful we should be for the blessings that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings into our hearts and souls. I would remind all of you that if we’re ever going to show gratitude properly to our Heavenly Father, we should do it with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength—because it was He who gave us life and breath" (David B. Haight, "Were There Not Ten Cleansed?," Ensign, Nov 2002, 24
Gratitude = Humility
"Our society is afflicted by a spirit of thoughtless arrogance unbecoming those who have been so magnificently blessed. How grateful we should be for the bounties we enjoy. Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself in ugly egotism and frequently in wanton mischief....
"Where there is appreciation, there is courtesy, there is concern for the rights and property of others. Without appreciation, there is arrogance and evil.
"Where there is gratitude, there is humility, as opposed to pride" (Gordon B. Hinckley, "'With All Thy Getting Get Understanding'," Ensign, Aug 1988, 2–5
"Where there is appreciation, there is courtesy, there is concern for the rights and property of others. Without appreciation, there is arrogance and evil.
"Where there is gratitude, there is humility, as opposed to pride" (Gordon B. Hinckley, "'With All Thy Getting Get Understanding'," Ensign, Aug 1988, 2–5
Gratitude through Prayer
"Prayer is an essential part of conveying appreciation to our Heavenly Father. He awaits our expressions of gratefulness each morning and night in sincere, simple prayer from our hearts for our many blessings, gifts, and talents.
"Through expression of prayerful gratitude and thanksgiving, we show our dependence upon a higher source of
"Through expression of prayerful gratitude and thanksgiving, we show our dependence upon a higher source of
Hebrews 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Galatians 6:9
Do not get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.
Do not get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.
“The United States Post Office dead-letter department receives annually thousands and thousands of children’s pre-Christmas letters addressed to Santa Claus asking for things. After it was all over one year, a single, solitary letter thanking Santa Claus was received. Could this be one of the problems of this troubled world; that people think only of getting—not giving? Of receiving—and not even expressing their gratitude for that which they do receive?”Elder Thomas S. Monson
“Gratitude is deeper than thanks. Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist
—President David O. McKay
“Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.”
On His way to Jerusalem Jesus passed through the lands of Galilee and Samaria, teaching as He went. One day as He approached the outskirts of a certain village, He met ten men who were lepers (persons having leprosy, a disease that disfigures the skin and body) who had been sent away from their families and friends because they were thought to be “unclean.” The townspeople also mistakenly supposed that leprosy was a very contagious disease.
The men saw the Savior coming and they called to Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” It hurt Jesus to see that the men had been so poorly treated because of their affliction, and He wanted to help them.
“Go [show] yourselves unto the priests,” Jesus told them. “And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed [or cured].”
When one of the men, a Samaritan, saw how miraculously his body had been healed, heturned back toward Jesus and shouted his
praises to Heavenly Father for his recovery. Then the man came to kneel down at the feet of the Savior, and, with a bowed head, thanked Him sincerely for this miracle.
Jesus asked the Samaritan, “Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” Jesus was sad that only one out of the ten who were healed remembered to thank Heavenly Father for His mercy. However, Jesus was glad that the Samaritan understood the blessing and expressed hisgratitude. He said to him kindly, “Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole [well].”
Frank A. Clark
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
Estonian Poverb
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.
Blessed is the man who trustsin the Lord and has made the
Lord his hope and confidence.
- Jeremiah 17:7
Lord his hope and confidence.
- Jeremiah 17:7
“Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.” Enos 1:15
Ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are.” Mosiah 2:34
Ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another and serve the devil, who is the master of sin…” Mosiah 4:14
