The holiday season is here, as we have about a month to get ready for Christmas! Over the next month, we will be incredibly busy planning parties, buying gifts, decorating our houses, watching holiday specials, and creating memories for our families. There are so many blessings and good things happening at this time of year that they can start to feel like a burden instead of a blessing.

To help us stay focused on the blessing and appreciate our lives, we are beginning a new series we are calling, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The series will be all about cultivating a spirit of gratitude and thankfulness. When we lose our sense of gratitude, we lose our joy, we lose our happiness, we lose our sense of well-being. Ingratitude is incompatible with happiness.

Gratitude and happiness, however, go hand in hand. A grateful heart is a happy heart. Pray today that, as you make your many preparations for Christmas, you will grow in gratitude for all the gifts God has given you, especially the gift of his Son.