01/12/2025
Happy last month of the year!
As we step into December, I want to remind you of something powerful:
Gratitude to God is one of the easiest and most effective ways to care for yourself. It is a self-care strategy that helps you not to focus on all that hasn’t happened this year, because dwelling on those things can lead to unhappiness.
Yes, thanking God is self-care. This simple practice has helped me stay strong even in difficult seasons.
Many of us think self-care is only about resting, eating well, sleeping, or taking a break.
These are all good, but there is a deeper kind of self-care that strengthens your mind, your emotions, and even your relationships.
That deeper self-care is gratitude to God
Here’s why gratitude to God is a powerful self-care strategy:
✅ It calms your heart.
When you stop to thank God, your worries reduce and your mind becomes peaceful.
A calm heart helps you respond better to your partner, spouse, and to life.
✅ It shifts your focus.
Instead of dwelling on what is not working, gratitude helps you see what God can do.
This simple shift gives emotional strength.
✅ It reduces complaints.
People who thank God regularly complain less.
Contentment makes you healthier, easier to relate with, and more loving.
✅ It reduces stress.
A grateful mindset relaxes your emotions.
You feel lighter and handle challenges better.
✅ It strengthens your spiritual life.
Staying grateful keeps you connected to God, leading to better decisions, better reactions, and better relationships.
💛 Gratitude also positions you to receive from God.
A grateful heart releases delayed, hindered, hanging, denied, and due blessings—especially at the end of the year.
💛 Grateful people appreciate their partner/spouse more, forgive faster, and communicate with more love.
How to Practice Gratitude This Month
🙏 Start and end your day by thanking God,
for your life as a single, and for your partner/spouse, even if things are not perfect.
🙏 Write down 3 things you’re grateful for every day.
🙏 Whenever a challenge arises, pause and remember one good thing God has done.
Gratitude is more than a prayer point—
it is a healing point and a blessing magnet.
A grateful heart makes your mind clearer, your emotions lighter, and your relationships healthier.
At Marriage With Harmony, we always end the year with gratitude, and every new year becomes more impactful.
Make gratitude your daily self-care routine this last month of 2025.
