Thank You in all situations

#722  Thurs, Sept.7/17, 3:50 pm,  St. Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

Tell Me what you are grateful for.  Please be general or very specific.  How much of your life are you grateful for?

Now there is a good question.  Are you grateful for 5 things, 10 things, 20 things?  Big or small things?  Things that are good rather than things that seem bad?

Sometimes, in the case of a flood, how can I be grateful Lord?

Let Me answer that for you.  You can be extremely grateful that I am here with you and that I hear all you beseeching prayers and concerns. Even if the situation gets worse, continue to thank Me for being here with you.

It is a thanks that goes beyond measure.  Like do you thank Me a lot when all goes well, but not so much when things go from bad to worse?

Our thanks does not hinge on whether God fixes the circumstance or not.  Our thanks reaches beyond the material world to commune with the Lord on a spiritual level.

Our gratitude to the Lord does not have any boundaries.  It is constant, in all times and all situations. 

We are expressing to Him how grateful we are that He is HERE with us. 

That’s it.  That’s all.  It is not so much thank you for getting me out of this mess; but more so thank You for being with me in this mess. 

Do you see the difference.  I most certainly hope you do.