An attitude of gratitude

The use of words is not necessarily the only way we can express gratitude and, indeed, what is spoken is not always sincere anyway. Are there other ways we can express our gratitude to God other than with sincere words? When we praise Him we are communicating a form of thanks. Also, if we recognise that our life, our blessings and our gifts are from Him, we can thank God with on-giving. Recently we have looked at receiving God's love for us first and then being able to love Him. Similarly, we can learn to have God's patience when we recognise how patient He is towards us. We can also learn to give when we really understand that He gives to us abundantly with such joy. Let's be like Him. In our giving we will feel such joy and will delight God and others around us. "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for He loves a cheerful giver"(2 Corinthians 9:7).