This past week, I have spent a lot of time in my kitchen baking for our Spring Market. Yesterday morning, I was up early baking the last of our goodies to sell. I was alone doing what I love—baking and singing praises to the Lord.
CeCe Winans was singing the song Goodness of God, and all of a sudden I was filled with such gratitude and joy that it moved me to tears. There I was in my new kitchen, looking around at our restored home, and I cried my prayer of praise: “God, you have been so good to me!”
My friends, weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5). Gratitude is the right response when we have been touched by the love of God. Think about the ten lepers who encountered Jesus (Luke 17:11–19). All ten received a healing miracle from the Lord, but only one came back to express gratitude.
Faith and gratitude must go with us on our transformation journey to Jerusalem and the cross this Lenten season. Take time today to give thanks—even if it is a sacrifice of praise—because eventually God restores what the enemy stole. And when He restores, He often leaves us better than we have ever been before.
Psalm 107:1 (NLT) “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.”
Prayer: Lord, thank you for being so good to us. We are blessed by your faithfulness, mercy, and goodness. Receive our praise as a small offering of our gratitude today. Thank you for drying our tears and filling us with joy unspeakable and full of glory. We are so blessed, so we bow to give thanks to your name. In Jesus’ name, Amen.