Grateful in all things

God’s apostle spoke

difficult and comforting words:

Be grateful in all things.

Not for but in.

My grateful for list is

never ending, when I start it.

Family, home, food,

earth’s beauty, health,

stories, learning, creating.

Never ending,

but each one endable.

Could I lose each of those,

like the Christian martyrs,

or the Jews in holocaust,

and still be grateful?

There is one sure and eternal

focal point of gratitude:

My Savior.

And as I am grateful to

Him, my

Creator,

Redeemer, and

Advocate,

I learn to be grateful

In all things, both

beautiful and difficult.

And my life, which is

filled to overflowing with

blessings, increases in

richness of

understanding and joy.

*inspired by Elder Uchtdorf and Betsy TenBoom