PRAISING GOD IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

Recently South Dakota received snow. Yes, snow! We were quite shocked. It has been awhile since we have gotten snow in early October. It looked almost like Christmas.

Within a few days it had melted but left wet fields for the farmers. As it is harvest time, farmers have been antsy to get into the fields.

All spring and summer long it has been dry in our area. When fall hit we began to get much needed rain for the fields and pastures which then created wet field issues for harvest.

You can imagine the farmers dismay when they were preparing to harvest and the wet weather caused them to wait. It can be a very sensitive time for those farmers.

Which leads me into my thought, "Praising God in all Circumstances."

What made me think this?

Well, a few days after it snowed we were in church. Our church does open praises and prayer requests during the service. So as one who enjoys all seasons and weather, I gladly shared my praise of snow to our church. I could feel the glares and disappointment from the farmers in the room that Sunday. To them it was if I was unsupported of their carrier and livelihood. But that is not why I said it. Besides loving snow, I was praising God for the much needed moisture.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God."

We can always find something to praise God for if we choose to.

We aren't supposed to thank God for tragedy necessarily but to praise Him in the midst of the hard things.

We are to find ways to praise God in all circumstances.

So I sat back as the farmers glared at my praise and thought, how many times do I do the same thing. I have a plan, something happens, and my plans fail. How can I truly be thankful when everything "failed"? How many times do I have ideas how life should go? How many times do I sit with impatience?

How many of those times did I thank God no matter what my circumstance?

This month God used the farmer to help me learn more about thanking Him in all circumstances.

How about you!? Are you learning to be thankful in all circumstances?

It's a journey we both may be on.
To seek God and his Goodness!
Blessings to all who read!