thankfulness

it's not fun to try and do something nice and seemingly out of your way for someone else only to be criticized about it later on..

as crabby as i am about a particular situation that has occurred this week, i have also been convicted.
i wonder how many things i take for granted from the Lord every single day. i wonder how quick i am to criticize the things happening in my life as if they aren't good enough; that could have been done differently; better. how often do i selfishly have high expectations from others and in doing so fail to see their hard work? how often do i pass the blame onto something or someone else?

a lot.

Lord,
teach me to be more thankful for the blessings and the grace that you extend to me every single day, and help me extend more grace to others. give me a humble and discerning heart, and help me to see people and situations through Your eyes and not mine.
Thank you. thank you thank you. I am so blessed. teach me not to forget. amen.

Hebrews 12:12-15
12Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled