Enriching gratitude

     "It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."   Dietrich Bonhoeffer

     Thank You for that reminder, Lord.  Because we so often think that possessions or power will fill that bottomless hole and enrich our lives.  Or maybe accomplishments or accumulating just a "little more" wealth or applause from the world or accolades... or even just a little appreciation for what we are doing.  So many alternate sources of what we often seek to satisfy and enrich our lives.
     And ultimately, they all prove to empty rather than fill.  To diminish our joy rather than enhance it.  Rather than being a source of help and hope, all that stuff just adds to our burdens... not to our blessings.
     But I've found that gratitude truly does provide an unquenchable spring of joy and lasting fulfillment.  Even in the darkness... especially in the darkness.  "When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me." (Mic.7:8)  And He was... and He is, always.  Our Light.  The Light of the world.
     "In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.  The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (John 1:4-5)
     So today, on this day before Thanksgiving, might we all take time to pause and reflect on the blessings.  And reflect on The Blesser.   Remembering that no darkness is so deep that He is not deeper and stronger and greater still.  And He will always always always bring His Light out of darkness.
      His Light and His Love enrich every moment--might we have eyes to see and lips to thank. In Him we are truly rich beyond all measure.
     To God--the Blesser, the Light that will never be extinguished, our true Treasure--be all the glory.