(photo by David Schwartz)True gratitude or thankfulness to God for his kindness to us, arises from a foundation laid before, of love to God for what he is in himself; whereas a natural gratitude has no such antecedent foundation. The gracious stirrings of grateful affection to God, for kindness received, always are from a stock of love already in the heart, established in the first place on other grounds, viz. God’s own excellency.”
-Jonathan Edwards
This article has given me much to think about in regards to gratitude as well.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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