心存感恩 培养喜乐
几年前我们决定种个菜园子。孩子们一直缠着我们去尝试一下，于是我们就把这件事列为一项家庭计划。我们做了一些研究之后就开始了，在接下来的过程中，便在磨练和错误中学习。我们花了不少时间培育土壤，努力保护植株不被各种动物吃掉！
我们栽种的其中一样水果是草莓。它的第一年产量一般，第二年就好多了。我们付出的时间和精力得到了回报，收获了美味的草莓。
想要收获喜乐这个属灵的果子也是需要付出时间的。培养喜乐的一个方式是努力练习感恩，常常感谢神，感谢别人。
当我们用时间与神亲近，聆听祂的话，让神提醒我们祂在历世历代中信实的作为的时候，便渐渐培养了喜乐。
当我们认识到神救赎的故事就是我们自己的故事，并怀着感恩的心思想祂在耶稣里赐给我们救恩这一礼物时，便渐渐培养了喜乐。
今天，当你在思想“活像复活的子民”是什么意思时，向神感恩吧。“你们要称谢耶和华，因他本为善。他的慈爱，永远长存。”主的确是美善的！
主耶稣，我们为着祢过去、现在和将来所作的一切感谢祢。让我们活在祢的信实里，帮助我们培养感恩和喜乐的生命。奉祢的名祷告。阿们。
诗篇 107:1-16
1 “你们要称谢耶和华，因他本为善，他的慈爱永远长存！”
2 愿耶和华的赎民说这话，就是他从敌人手中所救赎的，
3 从各地，从东从西，从南从北所招聚来的。
4 他们在旷野荒地漂流，寻不见可住的城邑，
5 又饥又渴，心里发昏。
6 于是他们在苦难中哀求耶和华，他从他们的祸患中搭救他们。
7 又领他们行走直路，使他们往可居住的城邑。
8 但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事都称赞他！
9 因他使心里渴慕的人得以知足，使心里饥饿的人得饱美物。
10 那些坐在黑暗中死荫里的人，被困苦和铁链捆锁，
11 是因他们违背神的话语，藐视至高者的旨意。
12 所以他用劳苦制伏他们的心，他们仆倒，无人扶助。
13 于是他们在苦难中哀求耶和华，他从他们的祸患中拯救他们。
14 他从黑暗中和死荫里领他们出来，折断他们的绑索。
15 但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事都称赞他！
16 因为他打破了铜门，砍断了铁闩。
Gratitude
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. . . . — Psalm 107:8, 15
A couple of years ago we decided to plant a garden. Our kids had been bugging us to try one, so we made it a family project. We did some research and got started, learning by trial and error as we went along. We took time to nurture the soil and worked hard to protect our plants from the various creatures that also wanted to eat from our garden!
One of the fruits we planted was strawberries. They did okay the first year, but much better the next year. Our time and energies paid off, and we had a nice crop of tasty berries.
It also takes time and effort to harvest a fruitful spirit of joy. One of the ways we cultivate joy is to practice gratitude, making an effort to be thankful to God and to others.
We cultivate joy when we spend time with God in his Word and let him remind us of his faithfulness throughout the ages.
We cultivate joy when we recognize God’s redemption story as our own story, pondering with gratitude the gift of salvation offered to us in Jesus.
Today, as you reflect on what it means to live as Easter people, take some time to give thanks. “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.” The Lord is indeed good!
Lord Jesus, we thank you for all you have done, all you do, and all you will continue to do. Help us to cultivate lives of thankfulness and joy as we live in your faithfulness. In your name, Amen.
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