Blessed and thankful seem to be interchangeable. I can't verify that such is always the case. In many instances it is.
The accounts of feeding the 5000 and then the 4000 portray Jesus as taking the bread and blessing it when in the other he offers thanks for it. Thankfulness is the kingdom match which sets the forest of miracles on fire.
Ann Voskamp wrote of the significance of gratitude in her world. The real problem of life is never a lack of time. The real problem of life---in my life---is lack of thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving creates abundance; and the miracle of multiplying happens when I give thanks--take the just one loaf, say it is enough, and give thanks---and He miraculously makes it more than enough.
We are a one and two loaf people. We always will be as long as we live from stingy or even hoarding hearts. But when we let go of the loaf in our hands, the indescribable wonder begins to unfold.
Offer blessings and thanksgivings for whatever you have. The work of God then has its chance to show its stuff.
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