Some of us pray only in times of great distress or need. In fact, when things are going reasonably well we may give little attention to spiritual matters.
“You pray in your distress and in your need,” wrote Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet. “Would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.”
Today, offer a prayer of thanksgiving and joy. Let gratitude for your many blessings be expressed in words of praise to the giver of all good—God.
Give thanks for the gift of joy itself that God has placed in your heart. Feel this joy of the Lord in your soul. Count your blessings and you will find that you are already rich. God’s loving presence is ever with you.