Listen

But watch yourself! Don’t forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commands or his case laws or his regulations that I am commanding you right now. When you eat, get full, build nice houses, and settle down, and when your herds and your flocks are growing large, your silver and gold are multiplying, and everything you have is thriving, don’t become arrogant, forgetting the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 8:11-14a

Think

Could we ever forget about God? It seems impossible. It is actually more common that you realize. Think back to the last time something amazing happened to you… when you won your game at the last second, or when you accomplished a big goal you had been working towards. Did you celebrate with your friends, or call your mom, or post about it on social media? Most likely. But did you also pause and give thanks to God?

Now take a moment and think back to the last time something bad happened in your life. When you lost a loved one or when you failed a big test. Did you post about that on social media? Probably not. But did you happen to pray to God about it?

For many of us we remember God when we are in the valleys, but we forget about God when we are on the mountaintops. Let’s not forget to thank God for when God sees us in the valleys as well as when God places us on the mountaintops.

Sara Smith

Question to Ponder:

What is something good happening in your life right now? Take time to give thanks to God for the goodness in your life.

Pray

Holy God, thank you for the times that you have placed me on the mountaintops.

Allow me to savor the goodness of the mountain peaks so that I can remember it when I am in the valleys.

Amen.

Go

May the spirit of thanksgiving live within you,

not just during the season of thankfulness,

but from the time you rise in the morning

until the time you lay your head down at night.

May the name of the Lord be praised!