Gratitude is Good for Us

 

 

Thankfulness Is Good for You

Psalms 106:1; 136:1–3; Ephesians 1:16; 5:20; Philippians 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Perhaps one reason it is God’s will for us to be thankful is that it is good for us.

A 2009 study again showed that being thankful can improve your life.

 At the University of California, Davis, professor Robert Emmons said, “Those who offer gratitude are less envious and resentful. They sleep longer, exercise more and report a drop in blood pressure.” Emmons is the author of the book Thanks! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, and an earlier book that describes gratitude as a “new science.”

 Brenda Shoshanna is a New York psychologist who agrees. “You can’t be depressed and grateful at the same time,” said Shoshanna, the author of 365 Ways to Give Thanks: One for Every Day of the Year. “It makes a person physically, mentally, in every way healthier.”

Add a book entitled Prison to Praise by author Merlin R Carothers made a remarkable case for not just thanks but heartfelt worship and praise to God. His particular spiritual journey from a cynical, bitter and hostile soldier to chaplain, missionary and to successful author.