As we enter into the New Year, many must have flocked into churches fir the traditional cross-over night services. The main focus of these services is to thank God for being alive to witness another year. There are a number of other people who didn’t consider themselves religious, but still gather in one place or the other to celebrate the New Year. Many thank God for being alive in their own way. It is a season to be grateful.
However, is thankfulness and gratitude a seasonal thing? Should we be grateful only when we have big things to celebrate? What about all the other times and seasons of our lives. What about those times when life seems to be a routine, when we are barely moving from one day to the other without anything significant to make us happy and excited? What about those times when negative things have actually happened to us and we have course to be bitter, frustrated and angry? Do we still talk about gratitude? What about people who think and believe that they don’t have anything to be grateful for?
