Take time to be grateful

Greetings:
I've been drawn to the simplicity of the message in Psalm 65 on this beautiful morning as it relates to God's awesome creation of earth.
Look at verses 8-13 in the Amplified Bible and see what I mean.
It reads, "So that those who dwell in earth’s farthest parts are afraid of [nature’s] signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy.
You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide them with grain when You have so prepared the earth.
You water the field’s furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation.
You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness.
The [luxuriant] pastures in the uncultivated country drip [with moisture], and the hills gird themselves with joy.
The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy and sing together."
What a great description of the world we live in. We should be on our knees thanking God for all we have around us - a free gift from our heavenly Creator.
When we don't thank God we cheat Him from the blessings of our praise and worship.
Many of us have difficulty receiving gifts or compliments from others. When we are unable to receive the good things that others offer us, we cheat ourselves, and we cheat them.
When we are able to say 'thank you' for gifts received, we are able to take the gift in, enjoy it and engage in a real personal way with the giver of the gift.
In the same way, when we express gratitude to God, we enter into a realm of joyful communion with him. We take in His love, feel a deeper connection with him and experience joy.
Be blessed.