I keep asking for more. But I just realized I haven't stopped to thank You for what You've already given.
One thing goes wrong and the hundred that went right go quiet. David knew that pull — he wrote this as an instruction to his own soul, which is not something you do unless you have forgotten before. The good was always there.
The conversation
The child: “Daddy God, I keep asking for more. But I just realized I haven't stopped to thank You for what You've already given.”
God: “That's honest. And it's exactly where David found himself. He had to command his own soul: 'Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.'”
The child: “He had to command himself to be grateful?”
God: “Yes. Gratitude doesn't always come naturally. Sometimes you have to tell your own heart: remember. Look back. Count what I've done.”
God: “He said 'forget not ALL his benefits.' Not some. All. Because humans tend to remember the one thing that went wrong and forget the hundred things that went right.”
The child: “That's exactly what I do. I focus on what's missing.”
God: “And that's why David had to talk to himself. Your soul defaults to lack. You have to train it toward fullness. Gratitude is a discipline, not just a feeling.”
God: “Think about it — He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your diseases. He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with lovingkindness. Those are just the first few verses.”
The child: “All of that has happened for me?”
God: “Every single one. But you stopped noticing because they became normal. The miracle you prayed for last year is the routine you take for granted this year.”
The child: “So gratitude is remembering what I already have before asking for more.”
God: “Not before — alongside. I love when you ask. But asking from gratitude sounds different than asking from lack. One trusts Me. The other forgets Me.”
The child: “Bless the Lord, O my soul. I won't forget.”
God: “And when you forget — because you will — I'll remind you. That's one of My benefits too.”
"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:" Psalm 103:2, KJV
Questions people ask
He had to command himself to be grateful?
Yes. Gratitude doesn't always come naturally. Sometimes you have to tell your own heart: remember. Look back. Count what I've done.
All of that has happened for me?
Every single one. But you stopped noticing because they became normal. The miracle you prayed for last year is the routine you take for granted this year.
This was someone else's conversation. Yours is waiting.
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