Rev-Bates Weekly Message for Sunday, November 30, 2025
If you find yourself unable to feel thankful, the first spiritual insight is this: nothing is wrong with you. Gratitude is not a performance or a moral requirement—it is a state of awareness that naturally rises when we are inwardly aligned. When it seems absent, it often means the mind is crowded, the heart is tired, or the spirit is calling for rest. In this sense, the absence of thankfulness is not a failure but an invitation to pause and breathe.
From a spiritual
perspective, “not feeling thankful” can be a sign that you're being asked to
look deeper—beneath circumstances, beneath expectations, beneath the noise of
daily life. Instead of forcing gratitude, you can gently allow presence. When
you return to the present moment, even without naming anything as “good,” you
begin reconnecting with the inner Self that is always whole, always supported,
and always held by something larger than the momentary mood.
And here is the
quiet truth: gratitude doesn’t begin with feeling thankful; it begins with
simply being willing. Willing to notice one small thing that is okay. Willing
to trust that life is still moving in your favor even when your emotions
haven't caught up. If thankfulness feels out of reach, let grace take its
place. In time, the warmth of gratitude will return—not because you forced it,
but because you created space for it to arise naturally.
Keep the faith!
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