Keeping a sense of gratitude.......................

I so loved today's word for today.  It was talking about keeping a sense of gratitude.  Here is some of it:

Why do we lose our sense of gratitude and begin to overlook God's goodness? For three reasons: (1) Problems. If you close one eye and hold a penny close enough to your other eye, you can actually block out the light of the sun. Getting the point? (2) Pressures. Sometimes the perks we thought would bring us pleasure end up wearing us down. (3) People. When they disappoint us we turn sour and forget all that God has done for us. What's the solution? 'The [unfailing] love of the Lord never ends...Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning' (Lam 3:22-23 NLT). God's mercies begin each morning, and your gratitude should too. Indeed, your days should be saturated in it. Continual gratitude comes from looking beyond your blessings to their unfailing source, the Lord. His love, His faithfulness and His mercy are already at work when your eyes open each day.

UCB Word for Today

The three Ps that can cloud our sense of gratitude; Problems, Pressures and People.  This is absolutely spot on and I feel one way to overcome such distractions (that is what they are) is to be in a state of constant and sincere gratitude to the God.  My gratitude to Him is renewed daily and begins each morning.  I only have to open my eyes, look across at my husband and know that God's love, His faithfulness and His mercy are certainly at work, even before the day has begun, before my Gracie comes bounding in wearing the biggest and warmest morning greeting and for this, today (day 93) I am thankful.