Giving Thanks During Hard Times
People from every walk of life and in every culture surely go through times of stress and despair. As problems increase, people may be filled with anger and the inability to find hope. But no matter how challenging and worrisome those issues are, people should turn to God and to the Bible for prayers of thanksgiving. God offers hope to all, and the Bible contains many verses that offer thanksgiving to help all those in stress.
“Thankfulness is a complicated state of being,” wrote Bethany Verrett. “When life is good, and someone is getting what they want, it is easy to achieve. When life is hard and nothing goes right, it is hard to have a spirit of gratitude. In fact, for many people, difficult times or circumstances are the easiest excuse to justify ingratitude…. The Bible has much to say about being thankful, and its message runs counter to the instincts of man.” As she quoted,
She has also listed several ways to give thanks, even when life is hard:
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