Fix Your Thoughts

Philippians 4:8 "And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise."

      Lord, thank You for this verse!  We are in the month of Thanksgiving, and a lot of folks are putting on their social media one thing a day that they are thankful for.  This is great because it nudges us to do what we should be doing all year through all day long.
      The enemy and our flesh would urge us to dwell on the negative...the wrong things that are happening in our country and in the world, and what we do not have.  In the time this was written, Christians were under severe persecution.  In the USA, our persecution has started.  But, for the most part, our lives are easy and we are rich compared to the rest of the world.  And yet, complaints and ingratitude abound on every side within the Family.  I have unfortunately been guilty of that myself, and I ask Your forgiveness!
      Lord, You are so very gracious and merciful to me.  I have a job, food, clothing, shelter, heat and even air conditioning!  I have a car to drive and money to put gas in it, extra funds to use for medical expenses, we have not only a telephone in the house but I have a cell phone and a computer in the house, a TV, radio, and we get the newspaper!
      Lord, You provide us with wildlife of various sorts in the yard, the beauty of Your creation all around, and marvelous sunrises and sunsets to delight us, and help from students and the church to help with yard work.
Lord, we are SO very blessed!  Thank You!  Help me to catch the complaint before it becomes a real thought so I can praise You and thank You instead!