Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions:
What is true?
What is important?
What, now, shall we do?
Biblical Worldview - whatnow2do

Home of …
@worldviewprism
@Hiswordspoken
@whatnow2do

Gratitude: The Root of Both Goodness And Happiness

“The man bowed low in homage to the Lord.” Genesis 24:26

Here we have the Servant of Abraham recognizing and acknowledging the obvious movement of God in the tide of the affairs of men. (Some translations say “he bowed his head.” Whether he knelt, or bowed his head, “bowed low” expresses an attitude of the heart, not of the knee). The servant not only made a request of God, he also offered a prayer of gratitude once his request had been granted.

Prayers expressing gratitude are among the highest levels of prayer. Anyone can petition God (or people). The finest individuals are those who express gratitude after their request is fulfilled. It is almost impossible to overstate the power of gratitude. It is at the root of both goodness and happiness. Ungrateful people cannot be either good or happy. Indeed, such people are most often both bad and unhappy.

Paraphrased from The Rational Bible: Genesis, Prager

One Response

Return to home page.

Related Posts

Perception: Light And Darkness

This is a test. But it is not only a test. It is a parable. Now, unbelievers (including Neo-Marxists (Note 1)) don’t do parables. It

On Wisdom

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. To acquire wisdom is to love

Small Things

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” Napoleon Hill (1883 – 1970)

The Last Adam

Too many people read the story of Jesus’ temptation by Satan (Matthew 4:1-11) as just another event without realizing it was actually a crisis situation.

We Know Not Our End

“When I was sixteen, I won a great victory. At that moment I felt I would live to be a hundred. Now I know I