{"id":6918,"date":"2021-04-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2021-04-19T20:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T00:02:03","slug":"say-gracias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/say-gracias\/","title":{"rendered":"Say &#8220;Gracias!!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Say &quot;Gracias!!!&quot; 4\/20\/21\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=43bpn-1012b99-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The late Roman Catholic priest and prolific writer on the spiritual&nbsp;life, Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), felt God call him from his faculty position at Yale University to live with the poor in South America. In his book, &#8220;Gracias!&#8221; he writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIn many of the families I visited, nothing was certain, nothing was secure, MAYBE there would be food tomorrow. MAYBE there would be no sickness tomorrow. Maybe\u2026maybe not. But whatever came to these people, they still greeted&nbsp;life&nbsp;with joy and with &#8220;Gracias!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What I presumed from God as my rightful claim, my friends in Peru and Bolivia received as a precious gift. What I treated as common place was for them a joyful surprise. What I trivialized as ordinary, they celebrated with reverence and said, &#8220;Gracias!&#8221; And slowly I realized what I had all but forgotten and dismissed. All is grace. All is God&#8217;s gift!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are two questions we need to ask ourselves:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Are those people who can&#8217;t take for granted that they can provide for themselves more likely to trust God to provide for them than we are?&nbsp;<br>And are they more likely to say, &#8220;Gracias!&#8221; Thank You! to God many, many times throughout their day than we are?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHEN YOU PRACTICE GRATEFULNESS, THERE IS A SENSE OF RESPECT TOWARD OTHERS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>THANKFULNESS is measured by the number of your words.<br>GRATITUDE is measured by the nature of your actions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHAT IF YOU WOKE UP TODAY WITH ONLY THE THINGS YOU WERE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR&nbsp;&nbsp;YESTERDAY?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Roman Catholic priest and prolific writer on the spiritual&nbsp;life, Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), felt God call him from his faculty position at Yale University to live with the poor in South America. 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