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“Gratitude is the attitude that sets the altitude for living!”

A thought by James MacDonald (2015-06-18) from his book, Lord, Change My Attitude: Before It's Too Late (p. 68). Moody Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Such a good thought.  It is an attitude that sets the altitude for living.  That is what I want.  I don’t want an attitude that always keeps me down. I want one that keeps me up. Don’t you?

James deals with this.  He says, “Unfortunately, there is a kind of low-altitude life that too many people live. It’s a particular approach that grovels and slums and tries to get by under the radar of hope. It’s a down-and-dirty, cloudy, damp, depressing, ungrateful, unthankful, complaining, negative, ugh! sort of living. We’ve all spent some days there. It’s definitely a wilderness!”

He then says, “But there is another kind of living. It’s a high-altitude attitude— up where the air is clean and the sun is shining and the future is as bright as the promises of God. This life soars above and refuses to focus on the negative. If you have ever flown up there, then you know that’s where we want to live our lives.”

I know a lot of people who are afraid to fly.  They miss so much by staying on the ground.  And that is true in our emotional life.

James says, “You say, ‘I want to live up there; I hate living down in the depressing low-lands of this world.’ So do I, and I say again that it’s gratitude that sets the altitude for the kind of living you’re looking for.”


So what five things are you thankful for right now?

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