Give Thanks for God Is Good

Give Thanks for God is Good

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 100:4-5

Have you dreaded this week? This whole season? The holidays are times for families to gather together and celebrate, yet it can become difficult when infertility is the uninvited guest at the Thanksgiving table. Does a struggle with baby hunger give you a reason to put your thankfulness on the shelf this year? Can you legitimately say “I’ll be thankful next year” and not offer praise now?

We are admonished throughout Scripture to offer praise and thanksgiving to God, our Father, yet it is hard to lift praises from a broken heart. However, let me encourage you to take a step of faith and do what God calls you to do. Offer thanks to God, for He is good. God’s goodness never changes, even when your circumstances do! What comfort there is for us in that truth! When you remind yourself of God’s good rather than focusing on the hardships you are facing, it becomes a little easier to offer thanks.

Remember what the writer of Lamentations said:

Surely my soul remembers
And is bowed down within me.
This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.
The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.
Lamentations 3:20-22


His life was hard! He said his flesh and bones had wasted away, he talked of bitterness and hardship and the dark places in which he had dwelt. Oh, but then he reminded himself of the Lord’s lovingkindesses, and how His compassions never fail! What happened? He found that he had hope! Ponder God’s lovingkindness and His compassion. Think about how His compassion will never fail you, even through the hurt and frustration of infertility. And offer thanks.

I’ll offer you a challenge today! Do a search on “thanksgiving” in Scripture. When you do, you’ll find something interesting. You’ll notice that many times when you find a Scripture that speaks of thanksgiving, you’ll also notice that somewhere nearby, you’ll find a Scripture speaking of God’s goodness, of His lovingkindness or His compassions. If you cannot give thanks because of the situation you are in this Thanksgiving, offer thanks for the amazing God who gives us the privilege of offering thanks for Him. If we were never blessed beyond the gift of knowing Him, we would be blessed beyond measure. Give thanks with a grateful heart for the gift of knowing God. For a moment, lay aside the hurt of infertility, and offer God thanks for His lovingkindness, His tender mercies toward you, His compassions which will never fail you, for the sacrifice of His Baby He gave you. You may just feel hope rising up within you.

Give thanks.